Doula

Answer: C - While doulas do need to protect their clients' privacy and confidentiality, HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a policy enacted by the US Congress in 1996 to protect health data, among other provisions. Ethics is the study of morality, or what is considered right and wrong. Morality can be influenced by culture, race, gender, etc. The study of ethics in the perinatal period is typically focused on bioethics, or the moral implications of the use of technological advances and biological discoveries to inform healthcare options. Autonomy is the right of self-determination, and applies to informed consent and informed refusal in the perinatal period. Nonmaleficence means "first, do no harm" and is the overriding principle of all medicine. Justice is the ethical principle that everyone has the right to be treated fairly and equally without prejudice.