SHOULD DOCTORS TELL?
LAW AND MEDICINE DIPPER. London, Jan. 14. Should the doctor tell? This question is exciting tho medical profession as the remit of two recent decisions by judges. Sir Henry MeCardie held that a doctor ought to assist a wife seeking"* divorce on the ground that her husband was,suffering from venereal disease. In the other case Sir Reginald Bray decidedagainst, a doctor pleading professional secrecy for not reporting the birth or an infant, found murdered.
The discussion shows the wide cleavage between dontors, guided by the Medical lY'fcnce Union, and lawyer's, who believe that the judges ought "always to be left to decide.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1920, Page 5
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