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Privacy

Definition

From:

CQC Glossary of terms used in the guidance for providers and managers

Care Quality Commission

To respect a person's privacy is to recognise when they wish and need to be alone (or with family or friends), and be protected from others looking at them or overhearing their conversations. It also means respecting their confidentiality and personal information.

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