Does a physician's contact with a patient during a disciplinary proceeding constitute an invasion of privacy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walker, Jr. v. The College Of Dental Surgeons Of B.C., 1997 CanLII 1535 (BC SC):
In any event, as "[t]his information remains, in a fundamental sense, the patient's own for the patient to communicate or retain as he or she sees fit .... (McInerney v. MacDonald (supra) and as the evidence established that the patient consented to this release (he fully participated in the disciplinary proceedings), this contact does not constitute an invasion of the plaintiff's privacy.
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