Patient privacy.

PRIVACY; PERSONAL names

DepartmentsFEEDBACKMARCH 23, 2024People with chronic conditions are taking medical research into their own hands, Betsy Ladyzhets reported in "Patient as scientist" (SN: 3/23/24, p. 22).Connor, a patient highlighted in the story, asked to be identified by only his first name. But the story prints the full name of his spouse. "How exactly does that maintain [Connor's] medical privacy?" reader Tom Begich asked.Connor's spouse, Nicole Bruno, agreed to print her last name because it differs from Connor's, Ladyzhets says. As part of Science News' fact-checking process, Ladyzhets also confirmed other details with the couple before publication. [Extracted from the article]

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