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Why didn't they ask your aunt? And if your aunt has had an abiding power of attorney activated, and is deemed legally incapable of giving informed consent, does the ability to consent to necessary treatments (among other things) extend to giving consent for the person subject to the order to be involved in a trial? If you hold an abiding power of attorney for your aunt, then that must be on record somewhere: I agree there is a question as to how you were identified: if you don't hold power of attorney, why ask you? Are you planning to ask how they came to have the information they appear to have? Mary In message <[log in to unmask]>, Jeff Green <[log in to unmask]> writes >Since confidentiality has been mentioned. > >I received a letter this morning asking if my Aunt could be involved in >a trial. The author seemed to know of my aunts diagnosis, current >medication and also my address. > >What is this confidentiality everyone keeps talking about? > >Jeff > -- Mary Hawking