Noun
die Schweigepflicht
duty of confidentiality
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plural Schweigepflichten
Meanings
Noun
- duty of confidentiality
- vow of silence
- confidentiality requirement (e.g. physician-patient, attorney-client, or priest–penitent privilege)
In a sentence
Im Krankenhaus unterliegen alle Mitarbeiter der Schweigepflicht.
At the hospital all staff are bound by a duty of confidentiality.
Forms
singular
die Schweigepflicht
plural
die Schweigepflichten