Medical Laws & Ethics

·         Privileged Communication:

• It is a statement communicated by a doctor to the concerned authority to protect the interest of the community of state.

• Examples of privileged communication

1. A syphilitic bath in a public pool

2. Engine or bus driver found to be colour blind

3. A person with infectious disease working as a cook.

4. A doctor’s duty is to notify birth, death, and infectious disease to public health authority.

• Exceptions to the General rule of Professional Secrecy is—“CIVIC SIN”:

1. C — Crime

I — Infections Disease

V — Veneral Disease

I — Interest (Self)

C — Courts of Law

S — Servant and Employee

I — Interest (Patients)

N — Negligence suits/Notifiable diseases