Knowledge And Attitude Of Patients Towards The Privacy And Confidentiality Of Their Health Information Attending The Medical Outpatient (mop)

INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background to the Study People generally assume all communications between them and their doctor or other health professionals will remain private ,and the law generally reflects this expectations .If it were not so, some people might feel reluctant to seek medical treatment, patients may be less honest in describing their ailments , patients may give inaccurate or incomplete information in their medical histories, ask their physician not to record embarrassing information in their health records, also they may change physicians frequently, or pay out of pocket in an effo…