Privacy and Confidentiality:
This was very well written in my opinion. I agree with your assessment that there is no way around the state law that the nurse practitioner had to report both the physical and sexual abuse. In doing so, the nurse still can maintain both confidentiality, the right to privacy and meet all the standard principles. Lori’s response may be one of anger, or relief, or may even be of distrust to the nurse, but, if the nurse is willing to explain the reasoning of why she has to report, and be open and honest with Lori, the bond could be maintained (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2004).
The ethical requirements protect confidential information and only disclose such information as mandated by law or where committed by law for a valid purpose (APA, 2005). In this particular case, the social worker chose not to break confidentiality without her clients consent because there was not a valid purpose in doing so according to her code of ethics in her profession. Had she complied with the court order, she would have gone against her professions ethical code and could have faced punishment and possible loss of licensing. The justice system could not force the social worker to testify because there was no imminent danger involved.
In today’s society, the word “privacy” has become ubiquitous. We see it every day; on HIPAA
There are many factors to be considered when giving out information to a person. Firstly, the information must be clear, understandable and should be presented in a useful format.
I am currently interning at an outpatient dialysis clinic in Manhattan. For confidentiality purposes I will address my patient as Mr. E. Mr. E is an African-American male in his late 40s who is married and a member of the LGBT community. He has several illnesses besides kidney failure that is substantially impacting his health, some of which includes Hepatitis C, HIV, liver failure, and heart disease. During our initial session Mr. E was assessed high on the CES-D 10 depression scale and reports having many stressors in his life including his health issues, relationship problems and not having time to do self-care activities. He claims to have a down mood most days but also reports having hope for better health in the future. Mr. E. has
The subject I intend to reflect upon is confidentiality within a professional healthcare setting. Confidentiality formed a part of our professional issues lectures and it piqued my interest due to how differently it is interpreted within healthcare as opposed to education, which is my background. In an educational setting I was taught repeatedly that I could never ensure confidentiality between myself and a child. Comparing that to what I have now learnt in healthcare, this seemed to me almost the opposite way of working as I was used to and so I wish to reflect upon this.
a swing in the emphasis and the resources devoted to this activity. Note; In all areas, confidentiality is of critical importance.
Technology has proposed a variety of different options to support the privacy rights of people. At the same time, technology has also done the opposite, making it almost impossible for anyone to have secured privacy. Nowadays, there are multiple hacking programs or devices that can help protect private information; however, they can also be used to invade privacy. Modern-day society has records of incidents and events involving the invasion of privacy, including those not only in private homes, but as well as national and international levels. Is it possible to sustain our privacy to levels that are deemed safe when you are on your cellphone, computer, or even in the
Patients often come to health care providers for physical concerns. They may overlook the psychological and emotional problems and view them as temporary stress caused by situational events. They probably think the symptoms caused by the stress may vanish eventually without any medical attention. I read the article about Pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed the Germanwings Flight 9525 in France and killed one hundred and fifty passengers. The reason why the pilot crashed the plane was unknown, but the pilot was treated for psychological issues for suicide before he received his pilot license (Klitzman, 2015). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has analyzed the case and tried to change the policies to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. I think the pilot might be afraid of losing his job if he had reported his diagnosis to the FAA. He probably also did not want to be labeled as a psychiatric patient. Fear of losing what people have is fairly common when they try to hide things from the others, especially the authorities. Loss of confidence and trust on themselves and other people are other factors when people choose not to tell the truth. A few ideas about revising the FAA policies came across my mind. These ideas are based on promoting pilots’ wellbeing, building trust and confidence, and developing the transparency between pilots
Remley and Herlihy (2016) defines confidentiality as an ethical concept which refers to the counselor 's obligation to respect the client 's privacy and in session discussion will be protected from disclosure without their consent (p.108). The receptionist never disclosed what was being discussed in wife A session; however, her inadvertent breach of confidentiality occurred the moment she divulged the fact that wife A is a patient at a mental health facility. An important premise to understanding the ethical principle of confidentiality is base that a counselor respects the client 's right to privacy (Remley & Herlihy, 2016; Quigley, 2007). Premise one states the "counselor honor the rights of clients to decide who knows what information about them and in what circumstances" (p.110).
Privacy is a fundamental right held by all citizens even though it is not stated explicitly in the constitution. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist acts, President Bush and the Republican Congress took a number of actions, including passing the Patriot Act, which undermined basic rights and freedoms, by increasing wiretapping and other forms of surveillance of citizens, often without any evidence of any wrongdoing on them. Hundreds were secretly detained for months without any charges against them. Civil and human rights are violated under the power of the government. Realistically, formal rights are actually political constructs, they do not exist until they are created by law or established in a constitution. In the end, we still depend heavily
How different countries and organizations are approaching privacy issues along with my predictions how it will unfold the future
Before any participant that is involved in any type of experiment must be knowledgeable of the features of the treatment as well as the process. Information must be given to them in a language that is understandable. Any harm or risks that may result from the experiment should be told to the participant. Participants shouldn’t be rushed to make a decision of if they want to participant. Participants’ rights should be protected at all times. Privacy and confidentiality is very important. Participants’ privacy must be protected and any information or results obtained from an experiment must remain confidential. All individuals must be respected (participant or not) by respecting confidentiality, their right to withdraw at any time, informing
There are two issues that are expected to arise in this research which are confidentiality and off the record comments. Firstly, confidentiality issue in a research context is referring to information about individuals which are collected during process of conducting research will not be disclosed. Therefore in order to address this issue, participants will be guaranted that their information will be protected through several process that are aim to anonymise them. Next, regarding off the record comments issue, some participants may provide comments that they do want to be included in the research. Since it will be breach of confidentiality if the comments are use. Thus, first thing that will be done to handle this issue is to negotiate with
It is a duty upon solicitors to maintain client confidentiality at all times in accordance with Rule B1.6 of the Law Society of Scotland Practice Rules. The duty of confidentiality makes it a duty upon solicitors to not disclose confidential information, which the client trusted the solicitor with due to their solicitor-client relationship. Consequently,
Automobiles today offer increasingly advanced technologies that make our driving experience safer, more environmentally responsible, and more gratifying. As manufacturers advance technology in our vehicles we need to recognize that the automobile industry needs to take active steps to defend our privacy. A number of privacy issues are currently facing this industry as a result of big data collections being part of the new innovative technologies on the forefront of this new age of the “connected” car.