JUSTIFIABLE NECESSITY : THE OFFENCE OF DISCLOSING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN CASE OF PATIENT’SINFORMATION

Abstract

In Thailand, there is no matter of law to exclude the liability of the doctor concerning about the disclosure of patient's confidentiality to prevent the dangers of communicable diseases and the information of psychiatric patients that can be risk of danger to others. This article will studies the theory of law, guideline and the foreign law about the principle of Justifiable necessity, as well as providing guidance in complying with the Justifiable necessity to the case of disclosure of patient’s confidentiality by physician in Thailand.