I understand that in this case the father was held to have capacity at the time that he made the decision not to permit disclosure of his Huntington’s diagnosis to his daughter.
If he had been found not to have had capacity to make that decision should his doctors then have informed his daughter?
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Re: ABC of medical confidentiality
Dear Editor
I understand that in this case the father was held to have capacity at the time that he made the decision not to permit disclosure of his Huntington’s diagnosis to his daughter.
If he had been found not to have had capacity to make that decision should his doctors then have informed his daughter?
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