In 1976, the California Supreme Court ruled in the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California that a patient’s right to confidentiality “ends where the public peril begins.” It was decided that doctor-patient confidentiality could—and should—be broken if the doctor believes a patient will cause serious harm to another person. In his article entitled “A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality,” Kenneth Kipnis argues that doctor-patient confidentiality should always be kept, contrary to the findings of the Tarasoff case. He presents the fictionalized case of the infected spouse to clarify his argument. In this case, a husband learns from his doctor that he is HIV positive.…
1) Describe some of the circumstances in which confidential health information can be disclosed without the patient's explicit consent Confidential health information can be disclosed under the following circumstances without the patient’s consent. Court orders and Subpoenas - when there is a court order made to have the health records available. The legal process to obtain health record information is through a subpoena. Statutory reports - Hospitals and medical personnel are required to report certain health information to public authorities.…
1.6: Describe reasons for adhering to the agreed scope of the job role. It’s very important to stick to the agreed scope of the job role because when you applied for that position you agreed there and then to the job description which is part of a contract. It is your duty and legal responsibility to adhere in your defined role, and to understand the expectations of your job role as well as understanding all the professional boundaries. If you don’t adhere to your defined role then you will be breaking your contract which you personally agreed too, and if you want to successful in your job career and go further up then it’s vitally essential to be accountable and respectful.…
Information of this nature cannot be kept confidential, as the child’s life and health are more important than confidentiality…
When you work in a child care facility, you find out a lot of information about the children and their families. You only share this information when it’s necessary. Maintaining confidentiality also builds trust. Fostering relationships with staff, children, and families is built on trust. When handling sensitive information, there is an ethical and legal responsibility to protect the privacy of individuals and their families.…
Disagreements are never pleasant. We need to resolve them quickly before they escalate or become personally critical, which is very hard to take back once harsh words are out. We also need to try and resolve them completely to avoid it happening again. Volunteering at school with young children I see quite a few disagreements.…
All information should stay safe and only be shared for the people who need to know. It should all be private. This all shows how much respect you have for the child and the parents and workers around you by following guidelines.…
Day to day work involves: Childcare practise – applies to all schools, nurseries and other early yearâ€TMs settings, childminders and childrenâ€TMs homes. All staff needs to be fully trained and be DBS checked. In this practise, correct safeguarding procedures must be followed as the policy of the organisation states and report any concerns. Child protection – all staff working with children and young people must be aware of the policy, reporting and recording procedure within their work place. Records need to be kept of what pupils have said, notes, dates and times of any meetings between school and other agencies as proof of record.…
Explain how the processes used by own work setting or service comply with legislation that covers data protection, information handling and sharing. TDA3.1: 3.1. Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality, data protection and the disclosure of information Working together to safeguard children (2006-2010) A Guide to Inter-agency Working to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children.…
It helps practitioners to build up knowledge about how individual children learn and make progress. There will be at a point when practitioner may need to share information with other practitioner because they the key practitioner is going away for some time so the practitioner will need to share information to maintain development of the key child. It is important that practitioner remain confident that the child’s personal information is kept safe and secure and the practitioners maintain the privacy rights of the individual whilst sharing information to deliver better…
We make sure that children are safe from having any accidents. We ensure that we maintain a hygienic and safe environment for children, parents and staff. We ensure and participate in improving each child's physical, social, emotional, intellectual development by observing them and having an interest in what they do. We prevent from having any discrimination and/or stereotyping in our nursery by respecting all of the cultures/background, religion, race, children with special needs. By preventing children from discriminating we have different culture dressings, different cultures (pretend plastic food) in the role play area and displays of different cultures, pictures of people/children with different races, special need people and we have different cultures/religions symbols.…
Pre-Birth to 3 The Pre-Birth to 3 document is a guideline put in place by Learning Teaching Scotland for children in the womb to age 3. This was previously Birth to 3 but was changed in 2010 to Pre-Birth to 3 as new research found that children learn in the womb before births, such as recognising sounds and smells. Many organisations were involved in this change, such as midwives, health visitors and the NHS as a whole. Also researchers such as Suzanne Zeedyke and Robin Balbernie were involved in the change from learning in the womb and language respectively.…
Responsible authorities should therefore ensure that their electronic recording systems comply with all the requirements of the…
In my own nursery if a practitioner were to spot a physical abnormality such as bruises or cuts on the body or if a child’s behaviour and their parents have changed then immediately they would report to it their safeguarding point of contact. There will always be a member of staff appointed as a safeguarding contact and if in the event they are unavailable then there will be back up contacts to inform. However, small or large the issue the safeguarding officer must always be informed.…
Confidentially is the key component in building a healthy foundation for trust. In situations where a student is at its most vulnerable, a school counsellor can help guide the child into a direction where the child’s welfare is best met. Both documents illustrate the importance of privacy, such as sharing information pertaining to the student’s counselling session to other teaching staff or to other students is forbidden. It is also stressed the importance of informing the student that the counsellor has the duty to report any limits to the confidential nature of the information shared. In other words, a counsellor has a duty to inform the appropriate authorizes when or if a child’s welfare is at risk, it is also suggested that the child is to be aware of this obligation prior to counselling.…