The ethics of physician-patient confidentiality is often fraught with contradictions. Privacy boundaries are not always clear, and patients can leave an interaction with their physicians feeling uncomfortable about the security of their private medical information. The best way to meet confidentiality and privacy management expectations that patients have may not be readily apparent. Without re...

OBJECTIVES To determine patient attitudes toward medical students in the sexual health clinic, and to describe factors associated with patient refusal of medical student involvement. METHOD A self administered questionnaire was given to 259 consecutive patients attending the general genitourinary medicine clinic. Participants were asked to indicate their attitude to questioning and/or examina...

privacy in the context of islamic law, the quran and sunnah reasons, is not mentioned. but this does not mean that the concept of privacy as one of the basic human rights in islamic law has not been considered. various aspects of privacy are presented in the sharia particular discourse. in this study in addition to concept of privacy and law in islamic law, law enforcement in islamic law and so...

The most important requirement of the family after food and clothing is housing. It also plays an important role in providing safety and security etc. for the family. Security is important therefore it is placed among other human physiological needs like food, shelter and sanitation. Security feeling is one of the main factorsin stability of urban spaces. It can be said that secure enviro...

background and objectives: respecting privacy means respecting individuals, their dignity and independence. it is mandatory to observe privacy in health-care systems. therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of expressing nursing students’ experience of privacy in pediatrics ward. methods: this qualitative study was done inductively using content analysis method. the participants incl...

This paper reports on a study of privacy concerns related to location-based services in an airport, where users who volunteer for the service will be tracked for a limited period and within a limited area. Reactions elicited from travellers at a field trial showed 60% feeling to some or to a large degree more secure with the system in operation. To provide a background for the privacy study we ...

Celebrities die, just like the rest of us. And—shock!—sometimes they do it without first making a public pronouncement. But, when a celebrity dies without an announcement of illness or a disclosure of the type of cancer, grieving family and friends are often accused of keeping the illness “secret.” This, in the froth of social media and newspaper commentary, is seen as a “very bad thing.” Rathe...

conclusions the results showed that the level of respect for informational privacy was relatively acceptable. however, the level of respect for physical privacy was poor. therefore, it is essential to provide appropriate training on the issue of children’s privacy, especially physical privacy (e.g., using separate rooms and ensuring that medical staff knock before entering a room), and to ensur...