duty of confidentiality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdutyandconfidentiality
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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confidentiality
noun[U]
uk/ˌkɒn.fɪ.den.ʃiˈæl.ə.ti/us/ˌkɑːn.fə.den.ʃiˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of ...
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(Definition ofdutyandconfidentialityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Hence, it may be misguided to impose adutyofconfidentialityon healthcare professionals when it is not within their power to do so.
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Previously, the clinician owed adutyofconfidentiality, an ethical imperative, and had to justify any breach.
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The amendment would require him to have regard to anydutyofconfidentialityunder which the evidence in question is held.
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Since that is the case, we hope that adutyofconfidentialitywill serve to concentrate the mind wonderfully.
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They are of course subject to the common lawdutyofconfidentialityboth to patients and their employers.
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They will be subject to the codes of confidentiality of their regulatory bodies and be under adutyofconfidentiality.
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Clause 54 puts adutyofconfidentiality, subject to a criminal sanction, on the data protection commissioner and her staff.
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Thedutyofconfidentialityis the normal rule in employment relationships, and so it should be.
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This would not be compatible with data protection legislation or ourdutyofconfidentialityto asylum seekers.
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The amendment adds to the existing protections that safeguard the confidentiality of individuals and makes thedutyofconfidentialityabundantly clear.
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It also empowers him to breach thedutyofconfidentialityunder which the information might originally have been obtained.
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Yes, it will be an offence, because we believe in thedutyofconfidentiality.
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However, it is rather odd to find a new legislative provision which relieves people from theirdutyofconfidentiality.
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Information on preparations is extremely sensitive and can only be passed on to bodies or health care professionals bound by thedutyofconfidentiality.
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These regulations could override any common lawdutyofconfidentiality.
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The accountancy profession at present considers itself prevented by adutyofconfidentialityto the client from passing information to the supervisors.
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Does thedutyofconfidentialitypersist even after that individual is no longer employed by the commission or that other health body?
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Local authorities have their own disciplinary procedures, and of course their staff are subject to a generaldutyofconfidentiality.
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It is equally important that thedutyofconfidentialityowed by former members of the security services should be enforced.
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Thedutyofconfidentialitydoes not permit disclosure to an employer.
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