State v. Deases, 518 N.W.2d 784, 787 (Iowa 1994). If patients know or fear the information they tell their doctor may be disclosed in the future, they may be reluctant to disclose information embarrassing to them but needed by the doctor to render proper care. While our rules and cases applying Iowa Code section 622.10 generally reflect “great solicitude for the physician-patient privilege,” the privilege is deemed to be even more important in the treatment of mental health. Heemstra, 721 N.W.2d at 560-61. The greater protections in the area of mental health treatment are justified primarily because of the enhanced need for a strong relati y disputes over confidential records for the courts to resolve, and it is incumbent on cour 297-98, 93 S.Ct. 1038, 1047, 35 L.Ed.2d 297, 310 (1973) (<HOLDING>). Although a defendant’s constitutional right
holding that due process right to present a defense is subject to forfeiture if not properly asserted in the trial court holding that the constitutional right to present a defense is not violated by the exclusion of a defendants proffered evidence where he is otherwise given the opportunity to present his defense and crossexamine the key prosecution witnesses recognizing defendants right to due process includes the right to present a defense by crossexamining witnesses holding court denied party a fundamental right to due process by failing to allow him to present witnesses or testify on his own behalf recognizing a criminal defendants right to present a complete defense