The case against having 'professional privilege' in the physician/patient relationship

Medicine and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 385-393

  Jozefowicz, Thaddeus H ^a  

^a Acadia Healthcare Inc Bangor   (United States)

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CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031545426     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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