I mean I can tell my lawyer if I committed a crime and it’s attorney client privilege. I can tell my wife or husband and we are protected not to squeal on each other. Same thing about telling a priest it is privileged information. How come a nurse or doctor is required to report it. I mean non of the above are life and death but a confession from a patient should be privileged in my opinion why is it not? Like if a person says they use meth or whatever, we really don’t report it. But if he get’s in a wreck and only causes himself or herself injury why are we to report it to the police does not HIPPA cover this?
Not being a dick or looking for a fight. Where do you live at? The only thing I know of remotely close is a doctor can not talk to other people about your condition (though they regularly do). Or they can “read between lines” and we know what they are talking about and whom. I tried my damnedest to live by the do no harm philosophy. Like the Hippocratic oath says. May be the greedy part of me but I like to sleep at night.