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Public Trust in Medicine

The potential erosion of public trust in medicine due to armchair diagnoses of public figures.

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Feb 3, 2026

What are the ethical issues and risks of clinicians and commentators diagnosing public figures from afar?

raise concentrated ethical concerns: they violate professional codes like ’s , risk factual error from incomplete information, and can erode . Defenders argue a "duty to warn" can justify public comme...

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