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Every person is born with their own identity and individuality. Identity with its own personality that distinguishes that person from other individuals. Individuality is having your own autonomy. Autonomy referring to one's own self-government. Each person has their own decision-making autonomy. People have the freedom to do whatever they want, but there are some restrictions according to the law. Having freedom means having the ability to do and say what you want freely without being criticized or embarrassed. Professionals such as doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, etc. they face situations that they have to analyze and think about what the correct decision to make is. When clients visit a professional for help or for other situations, it is assumed that there will be confidentiality between the two individuals. The professional and the client agree to keep everything confidential between them. Is it really possible to have confidentiality between professionals and clients? Professionals should keep everything confidential between clients. As long as it does not cause harm to a third person. Harm referring to causing a negative aspect to a person. Confidentiality should always be confidential, information is given by entrusting the professional with information that should concern between the two. Unless damage to third parties occurs. Maintaining confidentiality can be difficult because everyone may have access to personal information that others may not know. In the article “The Limits of Confidentiality,” Sisslea Bok writes, “but the duty of confidentiality is no longer what it was when lawyers or doctors simply kept to themselves the confidences of those who asked for their help. H...... middle of paper ......d because by maintaining confidentiality people tend to open up about what they are feeling. The professional should seek help for the patient or client when he sees that the patient wants to harm himself or someone else. The professionals are there to help the patient, but also to protect their confidentiality. There must be true confidentiality between the patient and the professional. Works Cited - MLACallahan, Joan C. "Confidentiality." Ethical issues in professional life. New York: Oxford UP, 1988. Page no. Press."Protecting confidentiality in human research." Rev. of the American Psychiatry Journal, by Bryon Adinoff, MD Protecting Confidentiality in Human Reseach 170.5 (2013): 466-.Psychiatry Online. American Psychiatry Association, May 1, 2013. Web. December 10, 2013.TAN, SY “Confidentiality.” Internal medicine news, 43.5 (2010): 61.