Adolescent patients and their confidentiality: Staying within legal bounds
What right does a teenager have to confidential health care? What influence does HIPAA exert on that right? How you apply the answers in your practice could determine whether an adolescent seeks health services—or forgoes necessary care.
Publish date: July 1, 2005
Stephanie L. Anderson, MD, JD , Judith Schaechter, MD , Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD
Stephanie L. Anderson, MD, JD , Judith Schaechter, MD , Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD
What right does a teenager have to confidential health care? What influence does HIPAA exert on that right? How you apply the answers in your practice could determine whether an adolescent seeks health services—or forgoes necessary care.