What is it about?

Teaching contributed to increase knowledge about professional secrecy during medical school and that it is necessary to find ways to emphasize the knowledge of this subject among professionals.

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Why is it important?

Professional confidentiality (or confidentiality) is one of the essential pillars of the physician-patient relationship to develop the confidence necessary to reveal crucial information, sometimes indispensable for the success of treatment.

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The right of patients to confidentiality and the physician’s duty to observe them were definitively established, guaranteeing their freedom to disclose their information or not

Dr. Elcio Luiz Bonamigo
Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

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This page is a summary of: Sigilo profissional: conhecimento de alunos de medicina e médicos, Revista Bioética, September 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/1983-80422019273331.
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