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ABA Family Legal Guide
Health-Care Law
Patients' Rights
Confidentiality and Privacy
- What is in my medical records?
- Who has access to my medical information?
- Is there a difference between "confidentiality" and "privacy"?
- What is doctor-patient privilege?
- How does the law protect my privacy and confidentiality?
- Who has to comply with the privacy rule?
- How will I know what procedures my health-care providers will follow?
- How does the privacy rule protect my medical privacy?
- What do hospitals, doctors, and health plans have to do to comply with the privacy rule?
- Can doctors ever give my personal medical information to others without my permission?
- Do I have a right to know what's in my child's medical record?
- What can I do if I believe my rights to privacy have been violated?
- What happens to the doctor if my information is released without my consent?
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