Patient confidentiality questioned in wake of Germanwings crash

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Medical confidentiality is meant to protect your information from behind aired, but just how much privacy should we have when we could be putting lives at risk? It was found that the pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 had visited psychiatrists 41 times in months leading up to his deliberate downing of the aircraft. So should his employers have known, and should investigators have been told afterwards?

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