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European Court of Human Rights judgment: Disclosure of medical records breached patient’s human rights – Strasbourg

02 May 2014

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"The release of confidential patient details to a state medical institution in the course of her negotiations with a hospital over a lawsuit was an unjustified interference with her right to respect for private life under Article 8."

See: Disclosure of medical records breached patient’s human rights – Strasbourg (UK human rights blog, link)

Also see: judgment in case of L.H. v Latvia [2014] ECHR 453 (29 April 2014)

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