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Confidentiality
MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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MeSH Tree Structures
Concepts
MeSH Heading
Confidentiality
Tree Number(s)
F04.096.544.335.240
I01.880.604.473.650.500
I01.880.604.583.080
N03.706.437.650.124
N03.706.535.230
Unique ID
D003219
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003219
Annotation
secrecy goes here
Scope Note
The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Entry Term(s)
Confidential Information
Patient Data Privacy
Privacy of Patient Data
Privileged Communication
Secrecy
Previous Indexing
Jurisprudence (1966-1974)
See Also
Anonymous Testing
Disclosure
Duty to Warn
Genetic Privacy
Parental Notification
Privacy
Public MeSH Note
80; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION 1975-79; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION see under JURISPRUDENCE 1968-74
Online Note
use CONFIDENTIALITY to search PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION 1975-79; use JURISPRUDENCE 1968-74
History Note
80; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION 1975-79; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION see under JURISPRUDENCE 1968-74
Date Established
1975/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2003/07/25
Allowable Qualifiers
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)
psychology (PX)
standards (ST)
trends (TD)
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]
Behavioral Sciences [F04.096]
Psychiatry [F04.096.544]
Forensic Psychiatry [F04.096.544.335]
Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders [F04.096.544.335.200]
Confidentiality [F04.096.544.335.240]
Duty to Warn [F04.096.544.335.240.270]
Insanity Defense [F04.096.544.335.528]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Human Rights [I01.880.604.473]
Patient Rights [I01.880.604.473.650]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.473.650.500]
Genetic Privacy [I01.880.604.473.650.500.320]
Informed Consent [I01.880.604.473.650.718]
Patient Access to Records [I01.880.604.473.650.827]
Right to Die [I01.880.604.473.650.952]
Therapeutic Misconception [I01.880.604.473.650.960]
Treatment Refusal [I01.880.604.473.650.968]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Advance Directives [I01.880.604.583.020]
Compensation and Redress [I01.880.604.583.050]
Confidentiality [I01.880.604.583.080]
Disclosure [I01.880.604.583.080.134]
Duty to Warn [I01.880.604.583.080.270]
Genetic Privacy [I01.880.604.583.080.320]
Personally Identifiable Information [I01.880.604.583.080.660]
Contracts [I01.880.604.583.090]
Criminal Law [I01.880.604.583.100]
Deportation [I01.880.604.583.133]
Duty to Recontact [I01.880.604.583.166]
Expert Testimony [I01.880.604.583.232]
Forensic Psychiatry [I01.880.604.583.310]
Informed Consent [I01.880.604.583.427]
Intellectual Property [I01.880.604.583.458]
International Law [I01.880.604.583.466]
Judicial Role [I01.880.604.583.474]
Legal Services [I01.880.604.583.482]
Liability, Legal [I01.880.604.583.490]
Malpractice [I01.880.604.583.524]
Mandatory Reporting [I01.880.604.583.527]
Mental Competency [I01.880.604.583.530]
Ownership [I01.880.604.583.594]
Presumed Consent [I01.880.604.583.659]
Resuscitation Orders [I01.880.604.583.789]
Supreme Court Decisions [I01.880.604.583.858]
Wills [I01.880.604.583.927]
Wrongful Life [I01.880.604.583.963]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Human Rights [N03.706.437]
Patient Rights [N03.706.437.650]
Confidentiality [N03.706.437.650.124]
Data Anonymization [N03.706.437.650.124.160]
Genetic Privacy [N03.706.437.650.124.320]
Informed Consent [N03.706.437.650.312]
Patient Access to Records [N03.706.437.650.406]
Right to Die [N03.706.437.650.750]
Treatment Refusal [N03.706.437.650.875]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Advance Directives [N03.706.535.020]
Compensation and Redress [N03.706.535.125]
Confidentiality [N03.706.535.230]
Duty to Warn [N03.706.535.230.270]
Genetic Privacy [N03.706.535.230.320]
Contracts [N03.706.535.241]
Duty to Recontact [N03.706.535.247]
Expert Testimony [N03.706.535.253]
Forensic Psychiatry [N03.706.535.351]
Informed Consent [N03.706.535.489]
Intellectual Property [N03.706.535.518]
International Law [N03.706.535.533]
Liability, Legal [N03.706.535.547]
Malpractice [N03.706.535.606]
Mandatory Reporting [N03.706.535.615]
Mental Competency [N03.706.535.625]
Presumed Consent [N03.706.535.664]
Resuscitation Orders [N03.706.535.704]
Wrongful Life [N03.706.535.803]
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Confidentiality
Preferred
Concept UI
M0004996
Scope Note
The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.
Terms
Confidentiality
Preferred Term
Term UI
T009392
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
BIOETHICS (1974)
Confidential Information
Related
Concept UI
M0004995
Terms
Confidential Information
Preferred Term
Term UI
T009391
Date
12/26/1978
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
POPLINE (1978)
Privacy of Patient Data
Narrower
Concept UI
M0004997
Terms
Privacy of Patient Data
Preferred Term
Term UI
T009394
Date
07/14/1994
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1996)
Patient Data Privacy
Term UI
T009393
Date
06/18/1986
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
UNK (19XX)
Privileged Communication
Narrower
Concept UI
M0004998
Scope Note
In law, a confidential statement made to a lawyer, physician, pastor, or spouse, which is privileged against disclosure in court if the privilege is claimed by the client, patient, penitent, or spouse. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Terms
Privileged Communication
Preferred Term
Term UI
T009395
Date
06/01/1979
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
Secrecy
Related
Concept UI
M0422250
Terms
Secrecy
Preferred Term
Term UI
T491780
Date
05/01/2002
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2003)
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