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Law, ethics and medicine
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Medical confidentiality and the competent patient
- Correspondence to Dr Gerard Niveau, CURML, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva 1211, Switzerland; Gerard.Niveau{at}hcuge.ch
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Medical confidentiality and the competent patient
Publication history
- Received July 12, 2012
- Revised November 29, 2012
- Accepted December 4, 2012
- First published January 7, 2013.
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October 15, 2013
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