Ethical Dilemm Doctor-Patient Confidentiality

Mary Strokes who is in dire need of a kidney transplant family(parents and siblings) decided to get tested to see if they were a possible match. Her dad who is fully aware of kidney trouble runs in the family and is afraid of surgery was the only positive match. But due to those factors he asks the doctor not to inform his family of the match out of fears that they will pressure him to becoming a donor, leading Mary to ask the physician is he sure that no one in her family is compatible.
When it comes to Doctor-Patient Confidentiality, the duty of confidentiality “prohibits the health care provider from disclosing information about the patient's case to others without permission. The ethical considerations and duty refers to the obligation
Curious took a medical and ethical oath to uphold an obligation to be professional, provide proper and adequate patient care and uphold privacy and confidentiality of the patients (even if said patients are his friends/family). His actions of going around the hospital looking at the records of friends who where currently inpatients at the hospital. Then when he is stopped and questioned by the nursing staff his behavioral then becomes hostile by threatening and belittling them which has made their life miserable both in the workplace and out in public. The nursing administration is fully aware of this problem but has done nothing, because they “don’t want to rock the boat” which they fear that it might might stir up trouble or disrupt things between the physician, the nursing staff and the
Nurses have an obligation to assist in the creation, and maintenance of environments that nurture excellence and virtues. 6.2 Influence of the environment on ethical obligation with all nurses having a responsibility for creating, maintaining, and fostering environments that are supportive toward nurses meeting their ethical obligations. These working environments include the norms of peers as well as policies and procedures of the organization. And, 6.3 Responsibility for the healthcare environment is the nurse is responsible for fostering a moral environment that supports and respects peers and identifies issues that need to be addressed. Nurse administrators have the responsibility for making sure that their nurses have input into the safety and working conditions within their facility” (Slate,