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Section 17
Ethics and The Myth of Patient Confidentiality

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- Center for Democracy & Technology. (jan 2009). HIPAA and Health Privacy: Myths and Facts Part 2. Center for Democracy & Technology, 1–12.

QUESTIONS 22, 23, & 24
We effectively abandoned the notion of confidentiality when we decided to have
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Personal Reflection Exercise #5
The preceding section gave examples regarding how “the word ‘confidential’ has virtually no meaning.” Compare the ideas in this section with the preceding Section #4 which “idealized” confidentiality in a Consumer Alert. With the more realistic view of confidentiality presented in this section, how could the Consumer Alert in Section #4 be revised? Or should it be revised? What do you think?

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