ABSTRACT
It is not clear if medical records belong to the physician, the institution or the patient. There is a bill being discussed in the Chilean Congress that establishes that "the patient, personally or through a representative, has the right to access and review his medical record. In case of death, this right may be exerted by his inheritors". In this article we postulate that this bill infringes a number of legal norms in force and universally accepted ethical principles. We distinguish between patient's advocacy to be informed and their free access to medical records. The main ethical principles violated are those of beneficence and non maleficence
Subject(s)
Humans , Confidentiality , Clinical Record , Data Collection/legislation & jurisprudence , Patient Rights , Forms and Records Control , Patient SatisfactionABSTRACT
La cadena custodia de la evidencia en la Investigación Judicial es indispensable y debe garantizarse en todo momento a fin de que la búsqueda de la verdad real de un derecho delictivo no quede convertida en prueba espurea o ilícita por una actividad procesal defectuosa. En el presente ensayo se hace un generoso esfuerzo por poner juntas todas las normas y legislaciones que tienen como fin dar garantía científica plena de lo analizado. Palabras claves: Cadena, custodia, investigación judicial, indicios, recopilación, prueba ilícita, escenario del crimen, registro documental.