title: Confidentiality: concept analysis and clinical application.
abstract: The author examines confidentiality both from a theoretical perspective using concept analysis and through a clinically based, empirical investigation. A review of the literature determines defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents. The themes from definitions of confidentiality provided by participants in a research project on confidentiality issues in the context of HIV/AIDS also are described. The author compares the results from the two approaches and discusses implications for clinical practice, including but not limited to people with HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy and Ethics and School of Nursing, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA. wpinch@creighton.edu
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Pinch
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research