El respeto a la intimidad del paciente
Date
2014
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Artículo
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6
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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Abstract
Transparency as a general rule for all our professional acts
casts doubts about the statement of the Hippocratic Oath that
says “Whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients, I will keep
secret, as considering all such things to be private”. Medical secrecy
protects the intimacy of patients, who reveal to their physicians
their most hidden secrets aiming to recover their health. Therefore,
physicians should receive those secrets with reverence and care, as
servers and not as their owners. The values associated with the respect
for personal intimacy are the anthropological basis of medical
confidentiality. A medical act is performed by definition between
two equally honorable individuals. Therefore, the professional
honors the trust of his patient, maintaining strict confidence of
what is revealed. Therefore, medical secrecy must be strengthened
rather than weakened, pursuing common wealth and dignity
Description
Centro de Bioética
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Citation
Revista Médica de Chile,July 2014, vol.142,n°7,p.506-511
Keywords
Confidentiality, Hippocratic Oath, Personhood, Privacy