Often time’s psychologists, in addition to other various types of career fields, will find themselves in a situation where their license could be revoked or face jail time for releasing a client’s information and breaking confidentiality. Confidentiality is a respected, yet exceedingly difficult, part of psychology’s code of ethics. Difficult in which from time to time breaking confidentiality is inevitable due to cases such as where subpoenas are issued, the client is at harm of others, or of harm to themselves. It is a psychologist’s duty to protect a client’s privacy, meaning they take it very seriously. However, not only must psychologists follow their code of ethics, they must also comply with the law. With the amount of limitations and
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One thing that should be recognized here though is that confidentiality is not only a part of psychology, but many other types of career fields as well. Some career fields in which confidentiality is taken into the utmost consideration include lawyers, the court systems, social workers, school counselors, military, and other healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses. Persons of these fields take it upon themselves to protect their clients’ rights and ensure that they will feel safe revealing personal information about themselves without the fear of that information leaving the room (Londono-McConnell and Larson. APA, 1). In addition to confidentiality being a part of the code of ethics, there are also laws set into place in order to maintain confidentiality and privacy, meaning psychologists, as well as the other career fields listed above, are both ethically and morally bound to uphold their …show more content…
According to the article "Patient Confidentiality: When Can A Breach Be Justified?.", for centuries doctors have upheld this ethical principle underpinned by the Hippocratic Oath that has been updated by the international community assenting to the Declaration of Geneva (Blightman, K, SE Griffiths, and C Danbury. Continuing Education In Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, 52). The overall main object of the Hippocratic Oath is to “do no harm”, which is where confidentially comes into play. The protection of human rights to privacy is essentially doing no harm, because in some cases the breach of a clients’ personal data could in fact be harmful to not only themselves, but also to other people, hence why “do no harm” is referring to
One thing that should be recognized here though is that confidentiality is not only a part of psychology, but many other types of career fields as well. Some career fields in which confidentiality is taken into the utmost consideration include lawyers, the court systems, social workers, school counselors, military, and other healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses. Persons of these fields take it upon themselves to protect their clients’ rights and ensure that they will feel safe revealing personal information about themselves without the fear of that information leaving the room (Londono-McConnell and Larson. APA, 1). In addition to confidentiality being a part of the code of ethics, there are also laws set into place in order to maintain confidentiality and privacy, meaning psychologists, as well as the other career fields listed above, are both ethically and morally bound to uphold their …show more content…
According to the article "Patient Confidentiality: When Can A Breach Be Justified?.", for centuries doctors have upheld this ethical principle underpinned by the Hippocratic Oath that has been updated by the international community assenting to the Declaration of Geneva (Blightman, K, SE Griffiths, and C Danbury. Continuing Education In Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, 52). The overall main object of the Hippocratic Oath is to “do no harm”, which is where confidentially comes into play. The protection of human rights to privacy is essentially doing no harm, because in some cases the breach of a clients’ personal data could in fact be harmful to not only themselves, but also to other people, hence why “do no harm” is referring to