ABSTRACT
Anne Hayman's legendary statement in the British medical journal The Lancet (1965) on her successful refusal to testify in court about an alleged analysand is widely considered a landmark in the history of psychoanalytic confidentiality. Invited to review this experience and its aftermath for the present volume, Hayman has extended her reflections to provide a detailed analysis of the current state of British and European privacy law, and the prospects for the future. Her chapter concludes with thoughtful meditations on the most difficult and troubling aspects of the confidentiality ethic.
