Confientiality

Edited versions of the following court cases, each with a summary, are included in Law & Bioethics, in the resources for Informed Consent.

Maintaining Confidentiality

Horne v. Patton, 287 So. 2d 824, 1973

Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 U.S. 1, 1996

Disclosure by Court Appointed Psychologists

Bond v. Pecaut, 561 F. Supp. 1037, 1983

Duty to Protect Third Parties

Freeman v. State, 527 S.W. 2d 909, 1975

Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 17 Cal.3d 425, 1976 Pate v. Threlkel, 661 So.2d 278, 1995

Safer v. Pack, 677 A.2d 1188, 1995

Exceptions to Confidentiality

Acosta v. Cary, 365 So. 2d 4, 1978

Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589, 1977

Confidentiality and HIV

Reisner v. UC Regents of the University of California, 31 Cal. App. 4th 1195, 1995

Patient's Right to Waive Confidentiality

Fedell v. Wierzbieniec, 127 Misc. 2d 124, 1985

Cynthia B. v. New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center, 470 N.Y.S.2d 122,1983

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