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> "We’re sort of in a hard place," Jamieson told The New York Times. "We can’t provide a lot of information about where these women are in their pregnancy. We d
by srtjstjsj 10y ago
> "We’re sort of in a hard place," Jamieson told The New York Times. "We can’t provide a lot of information about where these women are in their pregnancy. We don’t want to inadvertently disclose information about difficult decisions these women are making about their pregnancies."
Is there a point where the impending public health crisis becomes more important than patient privacy?
- warmwaffles 10y agoYes, because you can not make one exception otherwise it will be used all the time to circumvent patient doctor privilege. The old saying, "give them an inch and they take a mile" is exactly this case.
- srtjstjsj 10y agoOf course you can make one exception. That's why it's called an exception. The law is chock-full of exceptions, often carefully written to delineate their scope.
- warmwaffles 10y agoThat is a terrible justification and sets a bad precedence
- paulddraper 10y ago"a lot of information" Well, safe on that count. The only identifying info they've provided is that they are female and pregnant.