Examples of privleges are doctor-patient, priest-penitent, attorney-client, spousal, etc.
2007-07-30 07:10:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-07-30 07:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well, the privideges you mention are mostly the privileges of the client, not the doctor, not the priest, not the attorney. It is not their call to testify - it is the client's decision to invoke or waive the confidentiality privilege.
As for the spouse, they cannot be compelled to testify, but they can do so if they choose.
2007-07-30 14:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically when there's a 'privelege' it's not so that the person called can avoid testifying, but to protect someone else. The privacy of a patient is what's being protected, not the doctor. The attorney is held be a fiduciary responsibility to his client, and so forth.
So, if you /don't/ assert privelege, you might very well be harming someone whom it is your responsibility to protect.
2007-07-30 14:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. if you didn't use it, people would be reluctant to tell you anything more, and you would end up out of a job. Would you go to a doctor who, at the drop of a hat, blab to everyone your most personal medical secrets? I don't think so. And what do you call a doctor without any patients? A teacher. (just kidding to the teachers)
2007-07-30 14:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by auditor4u2007 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course. You could end your practice by violating that oath. I would ask for permission from those I was privileged. But usually, the reason for the testimony is an investigation into the other party.
2007-07-30 14:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had a responsiblity to assert a privilaged exemption to specific testimony.....of course I would. Would I assert the privilage just because I can ?...no I would tell as much of the truth as I could.
2007-07-30 14:17:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
HELL YES, espically after my recent experience in the Honorable Judge Charles A. Shaw's court!
2007-07-30 14:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I had nothing to hide and would not be needlessly harming an innocent person else, I would not assert it.
If I would be betraying a sacred trust or harming an innocent person, I would assert the privilege.
2007-07-30 14:14:36 · answer #8 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would tell the truth, first I have nothing to hide, second , anyone doing something illegal in my name is not someone I want to know, and Third, if I'm in court, then I'm testifying against you and if you did something wrong, Bye..Bye...
2007-07-30 14:17:05 · answer #9 · answered by douglas m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends...if it was in a type of confessional then I would be obliged to God to keep the information to myself.If however it might save lives then...I'd have to decide how secret or pertinent it is.
2007-07-30 14:17:34 · answer #10 · answered by The Brother 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends, am I protecting privacy, or trying to dodge testimony? In the first case yes, in the second case no unless I gave a promise to privacy.
2007-07-30 14:13:54 · answer #11 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋