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Data Privacy in Medicine

Meaning

Data Privacy in Medicine refers to the ethical and legal obligation to protect the confidentiality and security of an individual’s sensitive health information, including all hormonal test results, genetic data, and clinical records. This critical principle ensures that personal physiological data is collected, stored, and utilized only with explicit consent and for legitimate medical purposes. Maintaining privacy fosters the necessary trust between patient and clinician, particularly in the sensitive domain of personalized hormonal therapies.