The law regarding “privileged communication” does not apply if the patient is in a situation that would require privileged communication. Such as the patient in the ICU who is being watched 24/7 by an intensivist.
So when a patient is in the ICU, they can talk to a nurse or doctor, but the law does not apply to them. Even if the patient is being watched by an intensivist, they can’t talk to the nurse and doctor that way. The law covers people in a situation where they could be exposed to the patient’s emotions or distress.
In the case of a patient in the ICU, the law is different. They can only talk to the intensivist or nurse that they are in a position to know. They can talk to the physician and nurse that they know. Even if the patient is being watched by an intensivist, they cant talk to the physician and nurse that way. The law covers people in a situation where they could be exposed to the patients emotions or distress.
Well, I guess if they’re talking to the intensivist, they can talk to the nurse and physician that they know. That doesn’t sound too likely, though. Or if the patient has a lot of experience with the intensivist or nurse they should already have. Or they may be just a little too ill to understand the other’s language. I suppose it could be a whole lot worse than that.
It seems like a legal issue. A patient who has some sort of privileged communication needs to know what that means. A physician needs to be told if and how to help, or at least be told that they will be told. If the patient can communicate what they need to say, then they should just say it. It is not a good idea to try to talk to a patient who is in terrible pain unless they have a chance to understand what is going on.
The fact that patients are forbidden to talk or even ask questions about their mental health issues is a very bad idea. There is a right of privacy, and it is a right that is almost never respected. If a patient has some sort of a mental issue, it’s always a good idea to be as thorough with it as possible. However, the fact that a patient needs to be told that they are in terrible pain and can’t talk about it, is a very bad idea.
A patient has the right to be told they are in terrible pain. They have the right to be told they are in terrible pain. The point of the law (the “privileged communication” law), is to protect patients from being in a position where they can’t talk about their experience and can be treated like a criminal. So we need to give patients more autonomy, and that means telling them that they can’t be too talkative.
The privileged communication law only applies to physicians, not all doctors. This is the case for some of the “patient-doctor” communication laws, such as the ones governing a patient’s right to refuse a treatment. In other words a patient can refuse a treatment, and the doctor can still help them. The privileged communication law would only apply to doctors who are treating patients who have a right to refuse treatment.
In a clinical interview, the law doesn’t apply to doctors who are treating patients who have rights to refuse treatment.