Posted by Larry Hoover on April 1, 2003, at 12:21:39
In reply to Re: Help! Concern for Kristen, posted by daizy on April 1, 2003, at 11:53:33
> Did you ever think that Kristen might not want her private business and emails broadcast on PB? I think its totally out of order to do something like that, If someone had done that to me I would feel very betrayed.
The very last thing on my mind as I reacted to the threat to her wellbeing was what others would think of me for acting to potentially prevent a tragedy. A misguided sense of loyalty could cost someone their life. Can you think of a worse kind of betrayal than that? What is the only legal reason a health-care professional can break a patient's absolute right to privacy? Whether a sense of betrayal is appropriate or not following such a breach of confidence, I can assure you that you will get over the sense of betrayal. But the alternative?
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