Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Guidance on Ethics for Occupational Health Practice, 7th ed. London: Royal College of Physicians, 2012.
2.
Access to Medical Reports Act 1988, chapter 28, HMSO.
3.
This is required by the GMC. See GMC, Confidentiality: Supplementary guidance, London 2009, 34(d); and is also reinforced in this FOM guidance.
4.
Section 2(1).
5.
TaminJ. Models of occupational medicine practice: an approach to understanding moral conflict in “dual obligation” doctors. Med Healthc Philos2013; 16: 499–506.
6.
Ibid, at p.506.
7.
I have suggested in this journal that ‘permission to disclose’ would be a more appropriate term and concept for disclosure of information, as opposed to interventional research and treatment. See Tamin J. Can informed consent apply to information disclosure? Moral and practical implications. Clin Ethics. Published online 23 October 2013. DOI: 10.1177/1477750913507786.
8.
At p.15, 2.14.
9.
At p.15, 2.13.
10.
See for example, Barilan YM and Brusa M. Deliberation at the hub of medical education: beyond virtue ethics and codes of practice. Med Healthc Philos 2013; 16: 3–12.
