Confidentiality Essay

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…

I am in the Human Services program and as a student in this program, ethics and confidentiality are a very important part of my field of study. We are taught that at the beginning of any counseling session, we are to explain to our clients that, “anything we talk about in our sessions are confidential and will stay between the counselor and the client unless, the client expresses intent to harm themselves or others, including a child, the elderly, any vulnerable person, or if it is deemed as…

Confidentiality is very important when to comes to sharing sensitive information. Confidential information is sensitive information that should not be freely discussed and is often kept private. However, under some circumstances information shared must be shared to people who “need to know” (these are group of people who are directly related or working with the child (parents, teachers, assistants, volunteers) – they have the right to have the access to the information shared in event of…

systems both seem to have different approaches with regards to confidentiality and misconduct of arbitrators in international arbitration. Arbitration compared to litigation has proven to be a preferred means in resolving commercial disputes because of its privacy and confidentiality. This is a principle which is widely recognized, however, different jurisdictions like that of Australia and England have different approaches to confidentiality. This is demonstrated in the English case of Emmott…

Assignment 1 Explain the goals of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability with respect to Systems Security. Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are also known as the CIA triad. This triad is used a as guide for computer and information security in many organizations. Confidentiality is privacy. (Rouse, 1999) Its role in the triad is to make sure items that are supposed to private stay that way. But it doesn’t keep those items from those that are supposed to have them.…

total faith and safety in is the healthcare profession. We blindly put our trust and lives in their hands for all health needs. But, healthcare laws may hinder healthcare workers providing safety to the patient and public by maintaining medical confidentiality that keep medical history private. HIPPA and other state laws may inhibits the healthcare practitioner(s) from forewarning police of possible harm from a patient mentally ill to oneself or others. The article Caring for the Dangerous…

Clients The duty to warn not only puts these clients at risk of being denied treatment as mentioned, but it poses a threat to all clients; potential clients may deny themselves treatment for fear of a confidentiality breach and/or legal retribution. Since there are limits to confidentiality which clients are informed of, namely the duty to warn here, the most likely result is the discouragement of those that most need treatment (Spector, 2015). According to one study that was conducted 10 years…

Reflective Journal/ Annotated Bibliography Confidential Communication Cox, C. (2015). Understanding confidentiality in health care. Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 19(10), 378-384 4p. This article describes the dilemma that healthcare professional faced regarding patient confidentiality. Often, healthcare professionals are confused about what they can freely disclose and what type of information can be shared. A breach of privacy by knowingly or accidentally sharing patients’ personal information…

weigh the effects for the other parts of the adoption process, as is the case of the biological parents. At this point, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages that the some authors have discussed regarding the confidentiality of the records. In favor of the confidentiality that characterizes the modern concept of adoption, it has been argued that: 1) keeping the adoptive filiation secret preserves the privacy rights of the parties, which helps the adoptee to integrate into his new…

Three issues that can greatly impact ethical management are confidentiality, veracity and fidelity (Burns, Bradley & Weiner, 2011). Independently, these three issues each presents itself with its own applicable application and consideration. Collectively however, they are all intertwined and should be adequately considered by managers. Ethical issues related to confidentiality may arise from the unethical disclosure of sensitive or protected health information concerning a patient. Ethically,…