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‘Business Dilemmas’
A doctor is asked to reveal the identity of a patient involved in a cycling accident. Kathryn Leask gives advice.
Dilemma 1
Do I reveal who my patient is?
Q I work as a private dermatologist and today I received a visit from a detective constable who was investigating a road traffic incident that took place outside my clinic building yesterday.
He explained that a cyclist had hit a pedestrian after cycling recklessly out of the clinic grounds and up the crowded pavement. The pedestrian had suffered a broken arm and cuts and bruises.
The incident was witnessed by passers-by, but the cyclist rode away without stopping. I have looked at the CCTV from inside and outside the clinic and am satisfied the cyclist was a patient I saw that day.
I have been asked to provide information to allow the police to identify the cyclist.
Should I disclose any information about him to the police?
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