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Today's Terms
Obstetrics
Definition:
Prenatal care requires collecting, tracking and analyzing a complex series of clinical data collected over several prenatal visits.
Confidentiality
Definition:
The principle that prohibits physicians from disclosing confidential comments made to them by patients unless required to do so by law. The law may require physicians to violate patient confidentiality if the patient poses a serious threat to his or her own health and the well-being or that of others.
Affidavit
Definition:
A voluntary statement or declaration of facts that has been written down and confirmed under oath.
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