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You are providing care to a 54-year-old male patient complaining of chest pain. the patient asks to speak to you privately. he tells you he is taking cialis® for erectile dysfunction and his wife does not know he is taking it. he does not want his wife to find out. as you are putting the ems bags back in the ambulance, the wife corners you and insists that you tell her what her husband said. what should you do?

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You should not tell her. By​ law, your conversation with your patient is confidential.
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