In the realms of legal and medical translation, the stakes are exceptionally high. The necessity for accuracy is paralleled by the imperative for confidentiality. These specialized fields deal with ...

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 was diagnosed as suicidal, but even a weakening of medical confidentiality rules might not prevent such disasters, according to Fabian Schmidt. One week after ...

When training to be a psychiatrist, one of the most disturbing situations I faced involved a mother who came to the emergency room for treatment for depression and told me confidentially, in passing, ...

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 ...

Objective To analyse athletes' medical information disclosed by English newspapers. Methods Ten daily national newspapers, nine Sunday newspapers and one local newspaper were studied during March 2010 ...

One of the most difficult aspects of occupational health practice arises when OH nurses and doctors are asked to divulge information about an employee’s health by the HR department or manager, usually ...

A judge ordered attorneys for the woman who brought a sexual assault case against Sussex County Councilman Vance Phillips to keep medical and financial documents confidential, including records that ...

All the advocates in this case are from 1 Crown Office Row. Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, Henry Witcomb QC and Jim Duffy for the Appellant, and Philip Havers QC and Hannah Noyce for the Respondents. None ...

TheThe principle of guaranteeing the confidentiality of a patient’s medical condition is common to physicians the world over. In France, and closely inspired by the original Hippocratic Oath, the ...

DENVER — The FBI improperly forced an American Indian medicine man to discuss what he was told in confidence by a murder suspect, the suspect’s attorney contends in a case before a federal judge.