· 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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