confidentiality of information
31confidentiality — n. a strong and longstanding obligation, arising out of common law, that requires doctors to keep any personal information about their patients private. A doctor automatically assumes such an obligation during a patient consultation. Sometimes it …
32confidentiality — confidential ► ADJECTIVE 1) intended to be kept secret. 2) entrusted with private information: a confidential secretary. DERIVATIVES confidentiality noun confidentially adverb …
33confidentiality — noun 1. the state of being secret (Freq. 1) you must respect the confidentiality of your client s communications • Derivationally related forms: ↑confidential • Hypernyms: ↑privacy, ↑privateness, ↑secrecy, ↑ …
34confidentiality — The statutorily protected right afforded to (and duty required of) specifically designated health professionals not to disclose information discerned during consultation with a patient. [L. con fido, to trust, be assured] * * *… …
35confidentiality — con|fi|den|ti|al|i|ty [ ,kanfıdenʃi æləti ] noun uncount a situation in which important information must be kept secret …
36confidentiality clause — A clause in a contract of employment that details certain types of information the employee will acquire on joining the firm that may not be passed on to anyone outside the firm …
37confidentiality — UK [ˌkɒnfɪdenʃɪˈælətɪ] / US [ˌkɑnfɪdenʃɪˈælətɪ] noun [uncountable] a situation in which important information must be kept secret …
38obligations of confidentiality — Where information is original and not publicly known, it may be considered to be confidential information. If you need to disclose it to another, an obligation of confidentiality must be imposed on the recipient (preferably by way of written… …
39Duty of confidentiality — Professional responsibility D …
40Illinois Library Records Confidentiality Act — In January 1984, the Illinois Library Records Confidentiality Act was passed to ensure the privacy of a library patron’s registration and circulation records. This act protects sensitive patron information from anyone wishing to obtain it,… …
