Confidentiality

"Confidentiality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.

Descriptor ID	D003219
MeSH Number(s)	F04.096.544.335.240 I01.880.604.473.650.500 I01.880.604.583.080 N03.706.437.650.124 N03.706.535.230
Concept/Terms	Confidentiality Confidentiality Secrecy Secrecy Privileged Communication Privileged Communication Communication, Privileged Communications, Privileged Privileged Communications Confidential Information Confidential Information Information, Confidential Privacy of Patient Data Privacy of Patient Data Data Privacy, Patient Patient Data Privacy Privacy, Patient Data

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Confidentiality".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]
Behavioral Sciences [F04.096]
Psychiatry [F04.096.544]
Forensic Psychiatry [F04.096.544.335]
Confidentiality [F04.096.544.335.240]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Human Rights [I01.880.604.473]
Patient Rights [I01.880.604.473.650]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.473.650.500]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.583.080]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Human Rights [N03.706.437]
Patient Rights [N03.706.437.650]
Confidentiality [N03.706.437.650.124]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Confidentiality [N03.706.535.230]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Confidentiality".

Confidentiality
Duty to Warn

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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	1	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	2	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	4	5
2006	1	3	4
2007	0	1	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	2	3
2013	0	3	3
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	2	2
2016	0	2	2
2017	3	1	4
2018	1	3	4
2019	0	5	5
2020	0	2	2
2022	1	0	1
2024	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Confidentiality" by people in Profiles.

Eniola K, Brown C, Pray M, Foster KE, Richter S, Parker M, Carvajal DN. Assessing the Knowledge and Comfort Level of US Family Medicine Residents Regarding Consenting and Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care. South Med J. 2024 05; 117(5):272-278.

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Wanni Arachchige Dona S, Angeles MR, Nguyen D, Cooper P, Sweet L, Peeters A. An assessment of ten popular pregnancy applications (Apps) available for women in Australia. Int J Med Inform. 2024 04; 184:105354.

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Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D'Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S. China's Opaque Wall of Secrecy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 04; 115(4):1088-1089.

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Major-Pedersen A, McCullen MK, Sabol ME, Adetunji O, Massaro J, Neugut AI, Sosa JA, Hollenberg AN. A joint industry-sponsored data monitoring committee model for observational, retrospective drug safety studies in the real-world setting. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2021 01; 30(1):9-16.

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Gidding SS, Sheldon A, Neben CL, Williams HE, Law S, Zhou AY, Wilemon K, Ahmed CD, Kindt I. Patient acceptance of genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolemia in the CASCADE FH Registry. J Clin Lipidol. 2020 Mar - Apr; 14(2):218-223.e2.

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Perez MV, Mahaffey KW, Hedlin H, Rumsfeld JS, Garcia A, Ferris T, Balasubramanian V, Russo AM, Rajmane A, Cheung L, Hung G, Lee J, Kowey P, Talati N, Nag D, Gummidipundi SE, Beatty A, Hills MT, Desai S, Granger CB, Desai M, Turakhia MP. Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2019 11 14; 381(20):1909-1917.

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Weintraub WS. Role of Big Data in Cardiovascular Research. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 07 16; 8(14):e012791.

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Varghese TK, Entwistle JW, Mayer JE, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Sade RM. Ethical standards for cardiothoracic surgeons' participation in social media. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 10; 158(4):1139-1143.

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Ryan JE, Smeltzer SC, Sharts-Hopko NC. Challenges to Studying Illicit Drug Users. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2019 Jul; 51(4):480-488.

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Hilghman I. Social Media Education for Transition to Practice Programs. J Nurses Prof Dev. 2019 May/Jun; 35(3):163-166.

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