Thesis: Teens and adolescents deserve and need confidentiality with medicinal caregivers and health care needs.
Dailard, Cynthia. “New Medical Records Privacy Rule: The Interface with Teen Access to Confidential Care.” The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy. 6.1 (2003) 1-2. Guttmacher Institute. Web. 03 November 2013. In her article; “New Medical Records Privacy Rule: The Interface with Teen Access to Confidential Care”, author Cynthia Dailard states that “the notion that confidentiality is key to many teenagers ' willingness to seek sensitive health services such as family planning is well established in law.” Dailard states that “research has highlighted the importance of confidentiality …show more content…
Dailard tries to have a non-biased outlook on the topic but at the end she does have some bias.
Ford, Carol A. and Abigail English. “Limiting Confidentiality of Adolescent Health Services; : What Are the Risks?” The Journal of the American Medical Association. 288.6 (2002): 1. Web
In this journal article, the authors describe the potential consequences of limiting confidential health care on adolescent girls ' willingness to use family planning services for prescription contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Ford and English state that “In 2 large nationally representative surveys, approximately one quarter of middle school and high school students reported that they did not seek the health care that they needed.” The authors say if adolescents’ access to confidential care for sensitive health issues were significantly limited or eliminated, privacy concerns would likely have a greater impact on adolescents’ use of health care. The impact of mandated parental notification will likely be negative.
Ford and English offer clear, strong support that notifying parents of their adolescents health care needs can be very negative and impact whether or not the youth will seek health care for themselves. In