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Understanding Medical Confidentiality by Ioana Boca is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document examines the nature of confidentiality between doctors and patients. It discusses the values of privacy, confidence, and secrecy that underlie confidentiality. While codes like the Hippocratic Oath and declarations by medical associations emphasize maintaining patient confidentiality, the document argues there are many exceptions that undermine the absolute nature of confidentiality. It questions whether confidentiality should be considered a strict principle or a conventional practice, and ex
- Author
- Ioana Boca
- Language
- EN