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Confidentiality and the examining psychiatrist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. V. McHale
J. V. McHale*
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University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
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The dilemma of the medical practitioner as to when to break confidence and when to keep silent has again attracted the attention of the courts recently in the case of R v Crozier (The Guardian, 1990).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 160
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References

The Guardian (1990) Law Report, 8 May 1990.Google Scholar
W v Egdell (1990) 2WLR 471.Google Scholar
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