Should doctors try their best to protect patients' privacy?

Doctors should try their best to protect patients' privacy. The patient's privacy and medical information belong to private information and are protected by morality, law and ethics. As professionals, doctors have professional ethics and legal responsibilities to protect patients' privacy and medical information security, and prevent information from being leaked or abused. In addition, protecting patients' privacy is not only a doctor's legal obligation, but also a kind of humanistic care and respect. Because patients come to the hospital for treatment in order to get rid of the troubles of diseases and enjoy a healthy and beautiful life, if their privacy is leaked and violated, it will not only have a bad influence on the patients themselves, but also seriously violate the professional ethics of doctors.

But in some cases, doctors may need to provide necessary medical information and medical records to relevant departments, such as the diagnosis of infectious diseases. In this case, they can immediately notify the health department so as to take timely measures to prevent and control the epidemic. In addition, in the process of criminal investigation and court trial, doctors may also need to cooperate with the investigation of the judicial department, but this is only carried out under specific circumstances and must be carried out in a legal, fair and just manner.

In short, no matter what kind of medical activities doctors engage in, protecting patients' privacy and medical information security is a professional ethics and legal responsibility that doctors can't ignore.