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Good Medical Practice: Confidentiality
37. Patients have a right to expect that information about them will be held in confidence by their doctors. You must treat information about patients as confidential, including after a patient has died. If you are considering disclosing confidential information without a patient's consent, you must follow the guidance in with
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[37] 0-18 years guidance: paragraph 42-52
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