Editorial
What to tell the media—or not: consensus guidelines for sports physicians
1 Independent Sports Physician, Stratford upon Avon, UK
2 Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine, Bart’s & the London NHS Trust, London, UK
3 UK Athletics, London UK & Olympic Medical Institute, London, UK
Correspondence to:
P L Gregory, Stikki Wikkit, The Firs, Lower Quinton, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8TJ, UK; peterlgregory@yahoo.co.uk
Accepted 29 April 2008
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Sports physicians working as team doctors, sports club or governing body medical officers come under more pressure to divulge medical information about their patients to the media than most other doctors. A search of the literature indicates inadequate guidance as to how they should react to these requests, and therefore it is perhaps not surprising that some sports physicians admit they felt underprepared for this aspect of their work.
The General Medical Council advice given in "Good Medical Practice" (2006) is undeniably central to what doctors do in the UK.1 "Patients have a right to expect that information about them will be held in confidence by their doctors. Confidentiality is central to trust between doctors and patients. Without assurances about confidentiality, patients may be reluctant to give doctors the information they need in order to provide good care." Box 1 details what is expected of a doctor who is
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