SHOULD DOCTORS TELL?
i|f’LiAW AMD MEDICINE H|V; ' 1 »' '* DIFFER LONDON, Jan. 14. W\ Should the doctor tell? This question is exciting the medical profession as the result of two recent decisions by judges, is. Sir Henry McCardie held that is, doctor ought to assist a wife hj shaking a divorce on the ground hj that heir husband was suffering 4 from venereal disease. In the other case Sir Reginald Bray jfc decided against a doctor pleadprofessional secrecy for not :: Sporting the birth of an infant U found murdered. The discussion shows the wide between doctors, guidtl 16 Medical Defence r union, and lawyers, wh<* believe p that the judges ought alwavs to t- ;be left to decide. Wmm- ' -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 February 1920, Page 6
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118SHOULD DOCTORS TELL? Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 20 February 1920, Page 6
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