However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.

Public interest is a very unruly horse.

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.

Whatever concerns health is of real public interest.

A person who speaks honestly in the public interest has, most often, to pay unfortunately the heaviest interest imposed upon him by none but the beneficiary people only from the public

Doctors still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers. Should lawyers not be healers? Healers, not warriors? Healers, not procurers? Healers, not hired guns?