confidentiality

confidentiality /con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty/ (kon?fi-den?she-al´i-te) the principle in medical ethics that the information a patient reveals to a health care provider is private and has limits on how and when it can be disclosed to a third party.

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con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty (knf-dnsh-l-t)

n.

The ethical principle or legal right that a physician or other health professional will hold secret all information relating to a patient, unless the patient gives consent permitting disclosure.

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confidentiality,

n the nondisclosure of certain information except to another authorized person.

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confidentiality

secrecy relating to information. All clinical data have a degree of confidentiality, the level varying with the information and the circumstances.