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JAMA. 1962;182(6):656-662. doi:10.1001/jama.1962.03050450056012.
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Historical background summarized from De Witt, C.: Privileged Communications Between Physician and Patient , Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1958;, p. 15.
N.Y. Rev. Stat. 1828;II, 406, Part (III) , c. VII, art. 8 § 73.
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-2235-36 (1956).
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:476 (1951).
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 20-1-12 (1953).
Kan. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 60-2805, 62-1413 (1949).
155 N.E. 2d 37 (Ohio App., 1958).
116 S.E. 2d 137 (N.C., 1960).
208 Misc. 1010, 147 N.Y.S. 2d 455 (1955).
Wigmore, J. H.; Evidence , Vol. 8 §§ 2380 (a), 2389 (1) (3rd ed. 1940;).
De Witt, C.: Privileged Communications Between Physician and Patient , Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1958;, p. 33.
De WittPrivileged Communications Between Physician and Patient 1958;, p. 36-37.
Curran, W. J.: Law and Medicine , Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1960;, pp. 440-441
Guttmacher, M. S.: Mind of the Murderer , New York City: Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1960;, pp. 169-194
Chafee, Z.:  Is Justice Served or Obstructed by Closing Doctor's Mouth on Witness Stand , 52Yale Law Journal 607 ( (June) ) 1943;
Curd, T. H. S.:  Privileged Communications Between Doctor and His Patient—Anomaly of the Law , 44West Virginia Law Quarterly 165 ( (April) ) 1938;.
De Witt, C.: Privileged Communications Between Physician and Patient , Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1958;, p. 39
Welch, D. C.:  Another Anomaly— Patient's Privilege , 13Mississippi Law Journal 137 ( (Jan.) ) 1941;.
De Witt, C.: Privileged Communications Between Physician and Patient , Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1958;.
 Legal Protection of Confidential Nature of Physician-Patient Relationship , 52Colorado Law Review 383, 391-393 (1952;).
Guttmacher, M. S., and Weihofen, H.:  Privileged Communications Between Psychiatrist and Patient , 28Indiana Law Journal 32 ( (Fall) ) 1952;.
E. G.: Ky. Rev. Stat. 319.110 (1958;).
Civil Docket 52 C 25 35, Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., June 24, 1952.
222 F. 2d 398 (D.C. Cir., 1955).
D.C. Code, § 14-308 (Supp. 1956).
Guttmacher, M. S., and Weihofen, H.: Psychiatry and Law , New York City: W. W. Norton & Co., 1952;, p. 272.
353 Mich. 447, 91 N.W. 2d 866 (1958).
302 N.Y. 353, 98 N.E. 2d 553 (1951).
Slovenko, R.:  Psychiatry and Second Look at The Medical Privilege , 6Wayne Law Review 175, 202 n. 87 ( (Spring) ) 1960;.
Guttmacher, M. S.: Mind of the Murderer , New York City: Farrar, Strauss, and Cudahy, 1960;, p. 186
Confidentiality and Privileged Communications in Practice of Psychiatry , Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Report No. 45 ( (June) ) 1960;.
Hollender, M. H.:  Psychiatrist and Release of Patient Information , Amer J Psychiat 116:828 ( (March) ) 1960;.

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