[Special problems of confidentiality in the hospital from the physician's point of view]

Professional discretion is a result of the individual rights of the patient and the increasing right of self-determination. It is very difficult to follow these rules because of the necessity for precise documentation, electronic dommentation, and the medical and administrational necessities in the hospital. How to assure the discretion in an ambulatorium, in the room with several beds? Where to place the operation-schedules with all their details? How to assure the discretion, when a lot of people in the hospital are involved in the therapy and the diagnostic procedures? A lot of questions: everybody has to do his best, keeping in mind the professional discretion as an important human right.