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“I’m very concerned about illegal drug use by pregnant women,” declared the hospital chief of staff, “but it isn’t right to keep secrets from our patients, and I will not permit surreptitious urine tests in this hospital.”

 

surreptitious: done by stealth, secrecy, or clandestine means

 

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