Assess the Level of Awareness of Physicians in Zabol Hospitals about the Criminal Title of Disclosing Patient Secrets and Their Jurisprudential-Legal Responsibilities (Six Months of Summer and Fall of 1398)

patient privacy and non-disclosure of the most important issues in different communities. Since ancient times, not to divulging patients’ secrets has been an important and vital principle in the field of law and law.  Due to certain circumstances, the patient may hide all or part of the disease from his family and close relatives, and may only be able to tell his doctor. Therefore, the doctor as trustee protects the content heard or received by the patient, except in special circumstances, in accordance with jurisprudence and legal approvals and regulations to comply with the principles of confidentiality and patient confidentiality. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge of Zabol City Hospital physicians about criminal acts of revealing patient secrets and their legal responsibilities (six months in the summer and fall of 1398).

This study is a descriptive analysis study, in terms of time, a cross-sectional study in which 82 doctors were examined using simple random sampling. This information was collected through two questionnaires, including demographic characteristics, jurisprudence and legal awareness from the doctor’s perspective. Use SPSS 22 software to analyze the data using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance.

Before completing the questionnaires, first of all, we explain the aim of this research and confidentiality of results for physicians, to take part in informed consent.

The results of this study show that the average score of doctors' knowledge of legal liability for leaking patient secrets is 8.37 12 1.12, which is a relatively high level of knowledge, and only (7.32%) has poor legal knowledge. In addition, the average score of doctors on the knowledge of legal responsibility for leaks was 4.71±1.5, indicating that the average level of doctors’ knowledge of legal responsibility for leaks (6.10%) had good legal knowledge. Research results also show that there is a significant direct relationship between educational level, marital status, age, work experience and level of legal knowledge.

This study shows that disclosing patient secrets is mandatory and Sharia law in terms of compulsory punishment and it is guaranteed and discouraged in terms of national punishment. Therefore, increasing the understanding of leaked laws, decrees and laws and regulations can play an important role in planning the relationship between doctors and patients in accordance with laws and regulations and can also effectively prevent medical accidents.Please cite this article as:Mansoori F, Salarzai AH. Assess the Level of Awareness of Physicians in Zabol Hospitals about the Criminal Title of Disclosing Patient Secrets and Their Jurisprudential-Legal Responsibilities (Six Months of Summer and Fall of 1398). Medical Law Journal. 2022; 16(57): e48.