Patient Autonomy — Who is telling the truth?

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Watchtower says[1]:

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Watchtower’s Representative says[2]:


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How can an organization claim to respect patient autonomy when it sanctions the action of members willfully breaching patient confidentiality?

Marvin Shilmer
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References:

1. The Watchtower, September 1, 1987 pp. 12-15.

2. Paul Wade, letter to the editor, British Medical Journal, 2001; 322:1123.