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Why aré privacy and confidentiality so important to patients and health care practitioners?

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The reason why this is so important is due to the fact that if the information of the patients and practitioners are not protected, the trust between the doctor and its patient will become compromised. The patients will then avoid to share medical info related to the matter.
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