Confidentiality Is the Obligation of the Health Care Provider to Maintain

question 22

True/False

Confidentiality is the obligation of the health care provider to maintain patient information in a manner that will not permit dissemination beyond the health care provider.

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Definitions:

Testamentary Trust

A trust created by a will that becomes effective upon the death of the person who created it.

Settlor's Death

The event of the death of an individual who has established a trust, potentially triggering changes in the management or distribution of the trust's assets.

Spendthrift Trust

A type of trust that is created to prevent the beneficiary's assets from being squandered or from being claimed by creditors by providing restricted access to the trust assets.

Personal Representative

An individual appointed to administer the estate of a deceased person.