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privacy - ✔✔The state of being left alone in able to keep certain personal matters to
oneself
Confidentiality - ✔✔Patient's right to have communications kept within the bounds of
the professional patient therapist relationship
(info obtained by examination transmitted between patient and therapist; it is illegal in
ethical imperative)
privilege - ✔✔Privilege or testimonial privilege is the patient's right to keep confidential
communications from being disclosed in a legal proceeding - Pt may "invoke privilege"-
keeping the info out of court unless court orders to release records
Difference between confidentiality and privilege - ✔✔Confidentiality involves keeping
the therapist patient info in confidence
privilege involves keeping the patient therapist info in confidence specifically during a
legal proceeding
Two basic principles of confidentiality disclosures - ✔✔1) Disclosure should never come
as a surprise
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