The episode set off a barn burner of a media controversy over whether Dr. Phil breached doctor-patient confidentiality.
We go to a financial adviser looking for something like a doctor-patient relationship.
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Will they jeopardize the doctor-patient relationship if they refuse to write such prescriptions?
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But no: the IDF sees this as unacceptable interference in the doctor-patient relationship.
Such inquiries will instead only offend and alienate many responsible gun owners, compromising the trust essential to the doctor-patient relationship.
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Instead, physicians should not routinely ask patients whether they own guns, because it could compromise the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship.
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Instead of relying on paper and phone calls, its platform integrates e-mail, social media and mobile technology to manage doctor-patient relations.
The Fongs observed doctors in community practices for one year and a half, trying to capture the fluidity of a doctor-patient interaction.
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Roberts is most troubled by what has happened to the doctor-patient relationship.
It is intended to complement rather than to supplant traditional doctor-patient relations.
Palmieri, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital who wrote a 2009 article "Lies in the Doctor-Patient Relationship" that appeared in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
It entails a different approach to life, death, health and illness, and a different view of the doctor-patient relationship, of health services and of risk factors.
Ironically, the American Civil Liberties Union, often a target for the commentator's jibes, has sided with him, saying revelation of the records could threaten doctor-patient confidentiality.
Injecting so much uncertain genetic information into the doctor-patient relationship could create legions of "patients in waiting" leading to unnecessary tests, harmful outcomes and lifelong anxiety.
And more than half thought it would have a negative impact on their relationships with patients, while only 11 percent thought the doctor-patient relationship would be better.
Worse, the cognition changes are measured through crude doctor-patient questionnaires that fluctuate wildly from person to person and even day to day, making interpretation of small changes difficult.
Holmes' lawyers argued the notebook was protected by doctor-patient privilege.
"The doctor-patient relationship is like a business partnership, " Rankin says.
The package seized by authorities under a July 23 search warrant should remain confidential, protected by the doctor-patient relationship because "Holmes was a psychiatric patient of Fenton, " the request said.
And she watched as the method of paying for health care reached its way into the exam room, putting a stranglehold on how doctors practice, and profoundly influencing the doctor-patient relationship.
The difficulty is that they have a duty of patient confidentiality which is central to the success of the doctor-patient relationship and means that patients feel able to confide honestly with their GP.
That is the essence of the doctor-patient covenant.
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Trust is the cornerstone of solid doctor-patient relationships.
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Doctors may be uncomfortable knowing about the extra-marital activities of their patients, but confidentiality is a key part of the doctor-patient relationship and is essential in ensuring that the public's trust in doctors will be maintained.
In terms of ethics, the study found that about 66% of the doctors felt that pure placebos are acceptable under certain circumstances, although the majority felt that they were unacceptable when they involved deception or threatened doctor-patient trust.
Fins, chief of the division of medical ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian Hospital, noted that doctor-patient confidentiality is considered sacrosanct, except in isolated cases where, to protect the patient or others, it can be breached.
Inside Job is, without doubt, an entertaining film, especially for those who favor facile scapegoats to unwinding complex problems, ambush interviews with public servants, and profound conversations with the likes of Wall Street madams and psychotherapists with dubious ideas about the sanctity of doctor-patient relationships.
Anyone who has actually done real psychotherapy, in which people really pour out their souls (in my 20s, I practiced psychiatry), knows how dangerous, delicate and often destructive such an exercise can be -- even in the privacy, confidentiality and highly ritualized setting of the doctor-patient relationship.
According to a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study, when given the opportunity to review their medical notes, the majority of patients at three health systems reported a better understanding of their health conditions, felt more in-control of their care and had an improved doctor-patient relationship.
RP-VITA allows remote doctor-to-patient consults, ensuring that the physician is in the right place at the right time and has access to the necessary clinical information to take immediate action.
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