"Confidentiality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.
| Descriptor ID |
D003219
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| MeSH 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
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| Concept/Terms |
Privileged Communication- Privileged Communication
- Communication, Privileged
- Communications, Privileged
- Privileged Communications
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Confidentiality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Confidentiality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Confidentiality" by people in Profiles.
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A 360 Degree Qualitative Ethical Assessment of Reporting Patient Reported Outcomes. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2026 Jul; 21(3):220-232.
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Balancing Privacy and Utility in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Research: Retrospective Cohort Study on Synthetic Data Generation. JMIR Med Inform. 2026 02 26; 14:e71819.
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Exploring residents' and fellows' confidence in sexually transmitted infection management and confidential care for adolescents. Sex Health. 2025 02; 22.
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Navigating "regulatory fog": Challenges to rigorous abortion research after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. Contraception. 2025 04; 144:110815.
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Interventions addressing health-related social needs among patients with cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 04 05; 116(4):497-505.
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Ethical and Legal Considerations of Patients Audio Recording, Videotaping, and Broadcasting Physician Encounters. JAMA Surg. 2021 02 01; 156(2):119-120.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Primary Care. Pediatr Ann. 2019 Sep 01; 48(9):e370-e375.
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Privacy-Preserving Generative Deep Neural Networks Support Clinical Data Sharing. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 07; 12(7):e005122.
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Federation in genomics pipelines: techniques and challenges. Brief Bioinform. 2019 01 18; 20(1):235-244.
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A Framework for Tracking Former Patients in the Electronic Health Record Using an Educational Registry. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 04; 33(4):563-566.