PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS.
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
WELLINGTON, Last Night,
The reserved judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered this morning in the case of Lucena v. the National Mutual Life Association. The Court held that the protection afforded medical men and their patients by .section 8 (2) of the Evidence Act, 1908, by which a medical man ; cannot be compelled without the consent of a patient to,divulge in any civil proceedings any communication made to him in his professional, character <by such patient, applied u commimication& or by signs to a physician <in surgeon to enable- him ftp. Jrt<es!cribe oi* act for the patient, and 'did not extendi to* iirfOFmarfciott gained : .by the surgeon during the examination of .in ,p4an.,-oper-ation. /.'''.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10464, 31 October 1911, Page 5
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122PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10464, 31 October 1911, Page 5
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