Which of the following are examples of respecting confidentiality? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Respecting confidentiality means keeping a patient’s private medical information from people who are not authorized to know it. Refusing to gossip about a patient with a friend protects that privacy, as does sharing the condition only with the patient’s doctor when appropriate. Refusing to explain a disease and avoiding a patient’s calls are not examples of protecting confidentiality.

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