Semin Med Pract
2000 Mar;3(1):7-14 Protecting patient confidentiality in primary care Geppert CMA, Roberts LW
Clinicians are challenged to adapt the principle of confidentiality to current social, legal, and political contexts without compromising their professional integrity or undermining the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath. The authors present 8 rules of thumb for clinicians to consider when they respond to the perplexing confidentiality issues that arise in everyday primary care practice.