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A hospital wants to publish patient statistics from its analytics project. Which step best reduces the ethical risk of identifying individuals while retaining useful insight?
The hospital should aggregate the results and remove or generalise identifiers before publishing. This protects patient confidentiality while keeping the statistical insight, whereas releasing raw records or names exposes individuals regardless of any disclaimer.
- AAggregate the results and remove or generalise identifiers before publicationCorrect
- BPublish raw patient records with a disclaimer
- CPublish only the names of patients with rare diseases
- DShare the full dataset with the media for verification
Explanation
Aggregation and generalisation of identifiers protects individuals while keeping statistical value. Raw records or rare-case names expose identity, and a disclaimer does not cure the breach of confidentiality.
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