Question

What does Siegler mean by his claim that "confidentiality is a decrepit concept," and what does he think that healthcare providers should do about it? (needs to be a paragraph)

Answer 1

Answer: Confidentially In Medicine- a decrpit concept.In his influential 1982 essay,Chicago physician- ethicist Mark Siegler attempts to open the eyes of physicians and patients to the fact that patients confidently,as it has been taught since the times of Hippocrates,is dead.

Modern  Medicine has in some ways,as Siegler argues,abandoned the kind of confidentiality based on privacy.It has also greatly advanced the equally important principle of beneficence.Certainly we should aim to keep those who do not need to know out of the chart and place safeguards to avoid related abuses,but a further sectioning of the medical record seems an unlikely if not impossible solution.More effective will be communicating with patients about their expectations for different forms of confidentiality and privacy in different health care settings to facilitate informed decisions.Suerly,patients are well situated to decide between coming to an academic center and a private community hospital but not,especially,to decide which consultants should know that they carry a psychiatric diagnosis for which they are prescribed medication.