When you are in a hospital, would you rather your information only be given with your consent, or without?

Question

Hospitals take all sorts of information from a patient. Would you rather have your information freely shared, or only shared with your consent? Why? What could be bad about both situations?

Answer 1

Hopitals Share your personal information with Your consent, If you want to share that with people that are not really that close to you, then you will be given people the right to know about your personal health conditions, which is something kinda private ( to me ) . I would give my ok to share my personal health info with my huband and thats it. because Nobody else needs to know about my condition . Only those who are close to you should have the right to acsses ur folder.

Answer 2

I would generally prefer this information to only be given with my consent. Medical information is extremely personal in nature and I do not feel it should be available to the public.

If no consent were required potential employers could seek the medical records of applicants and deny hiring or promoting individuals with potentially expensive medical conditions regardless of their qualifications. Also, members of the public could find information about individuals and make past medical conditions public information. Say a woman gave baby up for adoption at 18, the whole town does not need to know this if she doesn't want to share it.

On the flip side, requiring consent in all cases can become an issue when the patient is unable to give consent. A patient could be unconscious or mentally incapable of consenting. If the consent rule were mandatory family members may not be made aware that a loved one was in a coma, or needing surgery.