Patient Confidentiality 1 Article background: “Some 13 per cent of US medical schools have reported that their students have leaked confidential information about patients via blogs or social networking websites. The students didn ’t name names‚ but did provide enough personal information‚ such as the medical condition involved and hospital‚ for patients or their families to recognize who is being described…The information was provided by medical school administrators as part
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underpin the interpretation and application of keeping confidentiality and being professional. Clients need to be able to participate freely as they work with practitioners of counselling professions towards their desired goals. However this requires clients to be able to trust their practitioner with their wellbeing and sensitive personal information. Therefore‚ as members or registrants of BACP we take being trustworthy as a serious ethical commitment. However‚ we have agreed to make clients
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Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the patient‚ and not telling others including friends and family. (Learning‚ n.d.). For example‚ the information about a child suffering from Cystic Fibrosis should not be disclosed to anyone other than the child and his/her parents. Confidentiality involves restricting patient’s information and not disclosing personal data of patients indiscriminately. For example‚ telling
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Ethical theories and principles that are related to confidentiality are- confidentiality is one of the most basic principles in health care practice and it is the most long-standing ethical dictum in health care codes of ethics. It is the practice of keeping harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing patient information within proper bounds. The right to privacy gives legal standing to this ethical principle.). a reliable test for who among team members should be given certain types of information is need
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What is the nature and extent of the employee’s duty of confidentiality? Introduction In every business enterprise‚ there is certain information that employer’s wish to remain confidential. This is particular vital in the global era where there is lower job security‚ higher job mobility and situations where employees work multiple jobs. Employees are bound by the duty of confidentiality‚ where they are forbidden to disclose certain information obtained during the course of employment. The
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Introduction: Data breach has always been a sensitive topic‚ let alone when the data breach is related to banking. In the mean time‚ there’s a breach was found happened to the online banking system of the competitive bank of First Union Bank‚ and the hacker had stolen quantities of customers’ personal information and data. It has been an alarm for all the banks‚ it reminds the whole society to be alert of the damage caused by the data breach. The Chief Information Officer of the First Union Bank
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In the professional practice of nursing‚ ethical decision-making is a critical component in the complexity of nursing practice to ensure a safe environment that supports both the client and care giver to ensure safe‚ compassionate and competent care in line with the nursing code of ethics (Canadian Nurses Foundation‚ 2008) and professional standard of nursing practice. Every day nurses are faced with ethical decisions that guide their decision- making process to ensure collaborative team work and
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Thomas Thayer‚ who was employed as a nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina‚ misused his position‚ which resulted in a breach of ethics within the workplace. Thayer used his position to acquire controlled substances for his personal use. Upon realization of his unethical conduct‚ the “State Board of Nursing in South Carolina‚” punished Thayer for his despicable actions. Identification of the Issue The unethical issues concerning the acquiring and misuse of controlled substances by
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Running head: Human Trafficking Ethical Implications for Human Trafficking in the United States Disha Shukla Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences Ethical Implications for Human Trafficking in the United States Human trafficking is a type of modern-day slavery in which millions of people‚ regardless of gender or age‚ around the world are forced into. Human trafficking is the trade of human beings for the purpose of forced labor‚ sexual exploitation or illegal profits and usually involves
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Ethical Implications of Administrative and Organizational Decisions American Public University Johnathon Gilbert 20 May 2018 Ethical Implications of Administrative and Organizational Decisions Managed Care Organization or MCO is a health services provider or organization of therapeutic specialist whose primary objective it is to provide adequate‚ cost saving medical treatment. Managed Care Organization is a health insurance conveyance system comprising of partnered or owned medical facilities‚ doctors
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