 Privacy between physicians and patients: More than a matter of confidentialityRoxanne Parrott, Judee K. Burgoon, Michael Burgoon and Beth A. LePoire Social Science & Medicine, 1989, vol. 29, issue 12, 1381-1385 Abstract: This study examined patients' perceptions (N = 427) of the meaning of privacy within the physician-patient dyad. The recognition of the importance of privacy, the norms that govern privacy, and the specific behaviors that may be considered to violate privacy in relationships has most often received only general attention by researchers. Recent evidence from the field of communication supports the multidimensional and situational nature of privacy. Thus, in contrast to the usual conception of patient confidentiality as an issue focused on information, confidentiality is cast as a topic within both the informational and psychological realms of privacy. Implications for current medical interviewing practices, especially with regard to questions that concern patients' sexual behavior, are discussed. Keywords: privacy; confidentiality; communications; medicine; doctor-patient; relations (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:29:y:1989:i:12:p:1381-1385 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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