Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

Exercise 51

ETHICS ISSUE 1: HIPAA has made it illegal, under threat of penalty, for health care practitioners to disclose confidential health information about patients to unauthorized sources.
What should health care practitioners do when family members or friends ask them for information about others that they have discovered in the course of their employment?
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