Credit: Getty Images. Patients trust that what they tell their doctors will remain confidential, but under certain specific circumstances, the doctors may be obligated to breach that trust. Halfway ...

In a typical presidential election year, voters might wonder how the candidates’ views stack up on issues such as abortion, tax cuts, gun rights and immigration policy. But this year, as a 78-year-old ...

The Tarasoff case remains a pivotal marker in bioethics at the bicentennial as we now reach the country’s 250th birthday.

Confidentiality facilitates honest communication by assuring patients that the details of their lives, shared with their health care providers, will remain private. Yet, mental health professionals in ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that the possibility of parental disclosure through online patient portals led older adolescents to hesitate in sharing complete health information with ...

In 2001, West Virginia became the first state to sue Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin (oxycodone ER). As part of the confidential exchange of documents during the litigation, Purdue disclosed ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s highest court ruled Thursday on an issue that most people may think is already settled, saying doctors have a duty to keep patients’ medical records confidential ...

Imagine you had been working with Picard, a mental health patient 1 who was involved in a high-profile situation that led to multiple deaths, including Picard’s. Perhaps Picard was involved in a ...

In 1976, the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists have a duty to protect potential victims if their patients made threats or otherwise behaved as if they presented a "serious danger of ...