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Privacy refers to the right to be left alone. Confidentiality is the _____.
 A) Authorization to release protected health information by incompetent patients
  B) Ethical principle that states protected health information must be disseminated
  C) Obligation of a healthcare provider to prevent dissemination of patient information
  D) Right to control personal information, regardless of competency or condition

Question 2

Ethical guidelines have been established regarding patients with HIV and AIDS, which state that _____.
 A) Providers may release information regarding the diagnosis only after a patient's death
  B) Providers' obligation of confidentiality does not cease with the death of the patient
  C) Providers' obligation of confidentiality does not cease with the death of the patient
  D) The diagnosis of HIV/AIDS must be shared with healthcare providers

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B

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