> "Oh, well your file says alcoholism runs in your family." Medics often use private notes when handing over patients, where they share information that the pa

> "Oh, well your file says alcoholism runs in your family." Medics often use private notes when handing over patients, where they share information that the patients themselves are not intended to see (and in many countries, not permitted to see). In particular, such records are used to share warnings if patients have been in any way "difficult".