Physicians tend to do what they feel is right, and what might feel right or makes sense from a business or logical perspective could actually land them in jail.
They must ensure that all they do is right socially and that it is lawful; a typical example is the breach of protected health information security and privacy. A patient or client has right to be protected not health wise alone but alongside their location, treatment, ailment and drugs are things of private considered privacy. This kind of information is not to be explained to a third party, only a patient holds the right to share or narrate all of these to whosoever they desire, they are subject of privacy which could be taken up seriously by patients in the court of law hence health workers have to watch it closely and never reveal any information about a patient to anyone or any agency accept if they are required by government, security agencies such as police or the court of law itself.
Physicians have always had a duty to keep their patients assurances. Basically, a physician's duty is to maintain assuredness of their patient/client. Assuredness to patients means that a physician may not disclose any medical information revealed to them or discovered by the physician in connection with the treatment of a patient.
The American Medical Association (AMA) code of medical ethics states that the information disclosed to a physician during the course of the patient-physician relationship is confidential to the utmost degree hence it must be kept confidential and a third party could gain access to it. The common law of