physician-patient privilege
- The right to keep medical information shared by a patient with a doctor confidential, unless the patient allows sharing
- In a lawsuit, her attorney invoked the physician-patient privilege to protect her health records.
- Due to the physician-patient privilege, he was prevented from getting details about his spouse's health from her doctor.
- Physician-patient privilege safeguards sensitive health information from becoming public without patient's consent.
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