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In Confidence
When to Protect Secrecy and When to Require Disclosure
By: Ronald Goldfarb
Hardcover | 1 March 2009 | Edition Number 1
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A provocative work that explains where and when confidentiality begins, ends, and breaks
The variety and pervasiveness of confidentiality issues today is breathtaking. Not a day passes without a media report on a breach of confidentiality, a claim of attorney-client privilege, a journalist jailed for refusing to reveal a source, a medical or hospital record improperly disclosed, or a major business deal exposed by anonymous sources. In Confidence examines confidential issues that arise in various disciplines and relationships and considers which should be protected and which should not.
Ronald Goldfarb organizes the book around professionals for whom confidentiality is an issue of weighty importance: government officials, attorneys, medical personnel, psychotherapists, clergy, business people, and journalists. In a chapter devoted to each, and in another on spousal privilege, he lays out specific issues and the law’s positions on them. He discusses an array of court cases in which confidentiality issues played an important role and decisions were often surprising and controversial. Goldfarb also looks into the criteria that should be used when determining whether secrets must be revealed. His nuanced analysis reveals how federal government practices and technological capabilities increasingly challenge the boundaries of privacy, and his thoughtful insights open the door to meaningful new debate.
Industry Reviews
"Goldfarb's discussion is of paramount significance in a democracy where values and rights of privacy have been eroded by federal government practices and the impact of technology on our lives."-David Vise, author of The Google Story
-- David Vise"A wide-ranging, nuanced contribution to the literature on privacy."-Kenneth W. Goodman, University of Miami
-- Kenneth W. Goodman"Ronald Goldfarb makes a significant contribution to public understanding and public debate about an issue that is of immediate importance to every American."-Hodding Carter III, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill -- Hodding Carter III
"In addition to a valuable history of American privacy rules, this well-written book is efficiently organized by the sectors of confidentiality that apply to government officials, attorneys, medical personnel, psychotherapists, clergy, businessmen and journalists. . . . a must-read if we are to begin this discussion with any hope of agreement."-The Washington Times -- James Srodes * Washington Times *
ISBN: 9780300120097
ISBN-10: 0300120095
Published: 1st March 2009
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 24.21 x 16.64 x 2.42
Weight (kg): 0.61
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