It is the idea and practice of keeping sensitive information private unless the owner or custodian of the data gives specific approval for it to be shared with another party.

A principle is a basic rule that guides or influences thought or action.

Principle is a term used to describe a code of conduct governing proper professional behavior, which establishes the nature of obligations owed to individuals and to society.

According to him the legal system and its laws are based on ethical and moral principles that, through experience and over time, society has accepted as behavioral norms and the terms ethical, moral, and legal are often used in synchrony.

According to Kant, it is a set of universal moral principles applicable to all humans, irrespective of context or situation.

It refers tp statements about broad, general, philosophical concepts such as autonomy and justice. They provide the foundation for moral rules.

Federal standards developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—an arm of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)—require that each patient be provided with a personal copy of these rights.

It is related to the notion of autonomy and is described as being honest and telling the truth.

Defined as “do no harm.