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· 4/9/1958

Newman v. Blom

Citations

  • 89 N.W.2d 349
  • 249 Iowa 836
  • 1958 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 453

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing medical records contain the same protected confidential information as a physician’s direct testimony about the communications
  • recognizing medical records contain the same protected confidential information as a physician’s direct testimony about the communications
  • “The policy of the statute is to provide for great freedom of disclosure by a patient to his physician, for the patient is often in no position to know what disclosures may or may not be necessary for his proper treatment.”

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Judges: Larson, Oliver, Bliss, Wenkerstrum, G-Areield, Hats, Thompson, Peterson, Smith

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