Medical confidentiality in the work environment.
Medical confidentiality in the work environment.
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工作环境中的医疗保密。
DOI:
10.1097/00043764-197807000-00005
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发表时间:
1978
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通讯作者:
G. Collings
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作者:
G. Collings
Esisting and pending legislation and regulation reflect the current widespread concern which people have about the privacy issue in general and about numerous (sometimes knofty) specific problems within this area. This article deals with one aspect of the issue, namely, questions of medical confidentiality in the business world.Definition of Confidentiality The ethic of confidentiality has, of course, long been accepted and practiced by successful medical professionals. However, confidentiality still means different things to different people. Whereas almost all physicians would subscribe to the general prin-ciple of privacy in medical matters, closer inquiry would reveal wide individual interpretation of what is included as confidential