隱私權是一種人格權，包括有權保持自己的安寧，有不允許其照片、事業、成功經驗等被人傳播圖利，或造成對本人干擾的權利。由於國內文獻對於隱私權概念缺乏完整且有系統的分析，因此，本主利用Walker和Avant（2005）提出之概念分析步驟，進行隱私權之概念分析，本主先廣泛查證此概念的定義，再確認出定義性特徵為個人隱私生活不受干擾、個人資訊自主且二者受法律保障。並以模範案例、相反案例、邊緣案例、相關案例以做說明，確認前因後果及討論實證性資料。希冀透過此概念分析，能增進護理人員對「隱私權」的認識，並將此概念運用在護理臨床實務上，以避免護理人員對隱私權認知不清或維護不足而產生醫療糾紛。

The right of privacy is a kind of personality right, including having the right to keep one's own one peace of mind. It does not allow personal photo, undertaking, successful experience, etc. to be propagated and pursued beyond private ends. In Taiwan, literature on the right of privacy lack systematic and completed analysis. This article applies the methodology of Walker and Avant to analyze the concept of privacy rights .Steps include a review of the literature on conceptual definitions of privacy rights, determining the defining attributes of privacy right, model construction, defining parameters and related cases, and identifying antecedents and consequences. Once completed, empirical references of privacy rights were explored. The authors hope that this analysis can assist nursing stuff to gain a better understanding of privacy concepts in order to apply knowledge gained to clinical practice. As such, nursing stuff will be able to apply the concept of privacy and recognize situations when patients' privacy rights need to be protected.