Comment on How come Nurses are not bound by the same rule is a lawyer is to a defendant or a wife to a husband or a priest? If someone says something on their death bed why are we suppose to report?

bluGill@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

None of those are absolute.

If your bankruptcy lawyer discover you committed murder they don't have to keep silent (I'm not sure what the law or bar ethics rules are, but probably they need to report it - they don't have the right skills to defend you). Asking a bankruptcy lawyer for a referral to a murder defense lawyer would probably be protected though - even if they don't know one.

A priest can keep silent or not. Different religions have different rules. In some you confessed and their job is to pray for your spiritual forgiveness and they won't say anything. In others they will say doing your time (turn yourself in) is the right action. In some cases they can make a judgement call of what to apply.

A doctor cannot talk about your health conditions to random people. However they can talk to those with a need to know, if your condition is criminal then those people may get a need to know.

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