Abstracts
Abstract
A professional commitment to patient confidentiality may sometimes contradict other principles of bioethics. Decision-making for doctors and their team can be challenging amidst such conflicting principles, and despite the practitioner’s best intentions, withholding information can result in potential consequences such as harm to others.
Keywords:
- bioethics,
- professionalism,
- confidentiality,
- genetic disorder,
- amelogenesis imperfecta
Résumé
Un engagement professionnel en faveur de la confidentialité des patients peut parfois être en contradiction avec d’autres principes de bioéthique. La prise de décision pour les médecins et leur équipe peut être difficile au milieu de ces principes contradictoires, et malgré les meilleures intentions du praticien, la rétention d’informations peut avoir des conséquences potentielles telles que le préjudice causé à autrui.
Mots-clés :
- bioéthique,
- professionnalisme,
- confidentialité,
- trouble génétique,
- amélogénèse imparfaite
Appendices
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