The purpose of this assignment is to discuss issues and considerations associated with patient consent and confidentiality. The seeking of informed consent is an essential precursor to medical intervention‚ being at the core of the collaborative relationship between the patient and the health care professional (Freegard‚ 2006) and contributing to the overall duty of care. This essay will describe the basic elements of informed consent and broach some of the associated ethical considerations. The
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less with the person’s rights and freedoms of action‚ or whether there is a need to decide or act at all. Any intervention should be weighed up in the particular circumstances of the case. Social Care for Excellence (2009) Confidentiality in Mental Health Confidentiality has become one of my values because it is important for me to be aware of how I handle confidential information.
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Legislation and Policies Governing Confidentiality and the Sharing of Information: Data Protection Act 1998 Any organisation that holds information on individuals needs to be registered with the Information Commissioner. This is designed to ensure that confidential information cannot be passed onto others without the individual’s consent‚ or the parents or guardians consent with regard to children. Individuals also have the right to access personal data held on file about themselves‚ or in
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There are many issues which are essential to confidentiality and objective observations. Its important that you keep the observation accurate which means that it needs to be true and not made up‚ according to Beith and Tassoni "Keeping records and carrying out observations on children allow early years practitioners to pass accurate information on to parents. It means that parents can be kept informed of a child’s progress which shows them that their child is being seen as an individual and that
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Confidentiality and Workplace Ethics Confidentiality at the workplace is very important. Virtually all workplaces have information that needs to be kept confidential due to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. As a co-op student‚ you need to be very careful not to share any confidential information with your friends or family. The laws and regulations that support confidentiality come from our collective desire to protect the rights of the individual within our society. The desire to do what
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essay will discuss the need for confidentiality and the nurse’s duty to keep information he/she is privy to‚ confidential. Brown et al (1992) suggest that a duty of confidentiality can be described as information that is disclosed which ought not to be disclosed further except within the relevant limits. Confidentiality is generally defined as the process of the protection of personal information‚ and is regarded as an integral part of a nurse’s role. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) are the
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Confidentiality & Information Sharing: Much has been written about both the importance of confidentiality and information sharing‚ and people are often confused by what is meant. It can also be confusing trying to decided what it is ok to share and in what circumstances. Starting right It is helpful to start any professional relationship by telling people what you mean by confidentiality‚ and in what circumstance you might need to share information with colleagues or those outside of the organisation
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Mayfair Afiah Aboagyewah Prof: Daniel Hedden Kaplan University Bioethics 280 -02 Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous
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provider/patient relationship. The health-care provider is obligated to follow the standards set forth in The Hippocratic Oath‚ which is the basis of confidentiality guidelines. Furthermore‚ A patient expects that the health-care provider will be ethical and follow the correct guidelines and policies when maintaining confidentiality. In the United States confidentiality of health information is a major concern and is protected under the law. Only a patient has a right to control how their patient information
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Reaction Statement 2: Confidentiality Do therapists bear the duty to use reasonable care in order to warn a third party of foreseeable danger? The majority opinion in the Tarasoff case is more ethically sound. The strongest argument against my opinion is that by imposing that a doctor has the duty to breach confidentiality in order to warn a third party of a potential threat can greatly impair treatment. The most important factor in ensuring that a patient receives successful treatment is
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