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Maintaining Client Privacy In An Increasingly Public World, Anne-Marie E. Rhodes, Mel M. Justak
Maintaining Client Privacy In An Increasingly Public World, Anne-Marie E. Rhodes, Mel M. Justak
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Individuals have long been interested in protecting their private family and financial matters from broad public disclosure. Motives vary, of course, but can range from safety concerns to saving certain family members from public embarrassment that could jeopardize future busi ness and social opportunities. 1 While motives may have changed little over time, the urgency to protect privacy is more pronounced in today's world.2 For example, 100 years ago the primary vehicle for wide dissemi nation of news - including a family's or individual's private matters - was newspapers. While disclosure through this medium could certainly be embarrassing, the disclosure …
Modernizing Informed Consent: Expanding The Boundaries Of Materiality, Nadia N. Sawicki
Modernizing Informed Consent: Expanding The Boundaries Of Materiality, Nadia N. Sawicki
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Informed consent law’s emphasis on the disclosure of purely medical information – such as diagnosis, prognosis, and the risks and benefits of various treatment alternatives – does not accurately reflect modern understandings of how patients make medical decisions. Existing common law disclosure duties fail to capture a variety of non-medical factors relevant to patients, including information about the physician’s personal characteristics; the cost of treatment; the social implications of various health care interventions; and the legal consequences associated with diagnosis and treatment. Although there is a wealth of literature analyzing the merits of such disclosures in a few narrow contexts, …