Do French lay people and health professionals find it acceptable to breach confidentiality to protect a patient's wife from a sexually transmitted disease?

Myriam Guedj (1) , María Teresa Muñoz Sastre (1) , Etienne Mullet (2) , P C Sorum (3)

1 CERPPS - Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Psychopathologie et Psychologie de la Santé
2 Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
3 Albany Medical College

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Psychology; Cognitive science; Psychology

Myriam Guedj, María Teresa Muñoz Sastre, Etienne Mullet, P C Sorum. Do French lay people and health professionals find it acceptable to breach confidentiality to protect a patient's wife from a sexually transmitted disease?. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2006, 32 (7), pp.414-419. ⟨10.1136/jme.2005.012195⟩. ⟨hal-01953079⟩