Examination of the right to confidentiality
- Author:
Nina Kristy A. Osorio-Grapilon
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Mental Health Services;
Confidentiality;
Mental Health;
Philippines
- From:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
2023;4(2):42-50
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
With the establishment of the Republic Act No. 11036, more popularly known as the
Mental Health Act, improvement in the mental, neurologic, and psychosocial health took a
step forward in the Philippines. This law, which was signed on June 2018, gave specific
provisions in different aspects of delivery of mental health services to Filipinos. This law
proved very useful in the dilemma faced in the following case where a potential problem
in confidentiality was encountered.
- Full text:PJ Psychiatry 5.pdf
