DOCTORS’ NAMES
Publication Explained Changing times and differing personalities would alter the interpretation of the principles governing the publication of doctors’ names in panel discussions or similar affairs, said Dr J. M. Louisson, president of the Canterbury Division of the Medical Association of New Zealand, yesterday. Dr Louisson was commenting on the quoting of doctors at a recent public meeting in Christchurch. He said that there had been no change as yet in the general principle of the profession that anonymity should be preserved. Departure from the principle was permissible only in cases of public interest or as an essential part of providing authoritative information to the public. He said that, taking all factors into consideration, it would be correct to say that decisions of anonymity tended to be more permissive now compared with some years ago.
“I believe this trend has been a healthy one considering the developing public interest in medicine,” Dr Louisson said.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31655, 16 April 1968, Page 16
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