Breaking Confidentiality Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V Breaking Confidentiality We are in a world where everything is electronic from communication between two people to our medical records. Even though we have all this information at our fingertips we still have the right to privacy. Information that could potentially be harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing could be deemed confidential by the person the information pertains too. (Purtilo & Doherty
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Kyoto Protocol What is it? The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change‚ which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets. When was it first announced? The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto‚ Japan‚ on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. The detailed rules for the implementation of the Protocol were adopted at COP 7 in Marrakesh‚ Morocco‚ in 2001‚ and are referred
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The Kyoto Protocol was created to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are supposedly affecting Earth’s climate change. The protocol calls for a five percent reduction of emissions by 2012 from what they were in 1990. Canada was given a goal of six percent by 2012‚ and a seventeen percent reduction by 2020 (Kyoto and Beyond). The six traces of gas blamed for global warming only make up one percent of the Earth’s atmosphere. Is one percent really going to make a difference in
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Pros and Cons of Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol is an attempt of global community to encourage industrialized countries to lower on emissions of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions was signed in 1997 and till date there are multiple debates going on whether or not it was a step to foster a global cooperation to address current environmental issues or just a governmental endeavor to take under control a free market spot. First‚ the protocol is seen as a starting point for effective collaboration
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What are the pros and cons of the Kyoto Protocol? Do you think it should be followed? Why‚ or why not? Nowadays scientists are focused on the problem of the environmental protection. Human activity has brought much harm to our planet. One of the most dangerous consequences is global warming caused by not thoughtful usage of natural recourses. The Earth is now greatly polluted by burning fossil fuels from big plants‚ emissions from gasoline by cars etc. More than that deforestation does not give
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Ethical theories and principles that are related to confidentiality are- confidentiality is one of the most basic principles in health care practice and it is the most long-standing ethical dictum in health care codes of ethics. It is the practice of keeping harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing patient information within proper bounds. The right to privacy gives legal standing to this ethical principle.). a reliable test for who among team members should be given certain types of information is need
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The subject I intend to reflect upon is confidentiality within a professional healthcare setting. Confidentiality formed a part of our professional issues lectures and it piqued my interest due to how differently it is interpreted within healthcare as opposed to education‚ which is my background. In an educational setting I was taught repeatedly that I could never ensure confidentiality between myself and a child. Comparing that to what I have now learnt in healthcare‚ this seemed to me almost the
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Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol is an agreement signed in Kyoto‚ Japan that will reduce and stabilize the effect of greenhouse gasses on our environment. The protocol was adopted at the third session of the Conference parties in December 1997. With all the talk of global warming this protocol is doing its share to prevent harmful substances that are being released into our atmosphere. The agreement requires countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. The United
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Confidential Information‚ the disclosure or production of which there is no objection to other than confidentiality. Each party reserves the right to object to any disclosure of information or production of any documents it deems confidential on any other ground it may deem appropriate. Any party may move for relief from‚ or general or particular modification of‚ the mechanism for maintaining confidentiality herein set forth or the application of this Order‚ in any particular circumstance.
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Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the patient‚ and not telling others including friends and family. (Learning‚ n.d.). For example‚ the information about a child suffering from Cystic Fibrosis should not be disclosed to anyone other than the child and his/her parents. Confidentiality involves restricting patient’s information and not disclosing personal data of patients indiscriminately. For example‚ telling
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