Sissela Bok | the Limits of Confidentiality

Sissela Bok | The Limits of Confidentiality
Bok discusses the professional and institutional complexities surrounding the principle of confidentiality that have arisen since the days when it generally concerned one client and one professional. Four premises underlie the principle, which, when ignored, can lead to abuse and injury to the client. These four can, however, be legitimately overridden when the individual's right to secrecy is undermined by the society's right to information.
-The greatest burden of secrecy, according to Bok, is when professionals keep secrets to protect ___________ rather than patients and clients.

A) their communities
B) themselves
C) the public
D) their peers