2. During the COVID-19 pandemic one of the central controversies that characterised Government's enhanced contact tracin
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:51 am
2. During the COVID-19 pandemic one of the central controversies that characterised Government's enhanced contact tracing, testing, isolation and treatment policy was the issue of patient confidentiality and medical privacy. a. What are the duty-based and consequences-based justifications for the existence of a duty of confidence between doctors and patients? (10 Marks) b. Medical confidentiality and privacy, as we observed, are not absolute ethico-legal principles. Give five (5) important exceptions to the duty of medical confidentiality and privacy. (15 Marks)