Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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ThConfidentiality is a key ethical and legal principle governing health care practice. Confidentiality is recognised as a requirement of practice for all health professions in: 1. Health Services Act 1988 (Vic); 2. Contracts of employment; 3. Professional Codes of Conduct; Rationale for confidentiality 1. Respect for patient autonomy An important principle in health care ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle emphasises a person’s right to have control over their own life. This
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ENTERICS EMB‚ SSA‚ BSA [pic] Acronym: T LMI CUP MNL GARI ( TSI‚ LIA‚ MIO‚ Indole‚ Citrate‚ Urease‚ PAD‚ Malonate‚ Lactose‚ Glucose‚ Arabinose‚ Rhamnose‚ Inosite) easy steps to identify: *TSI: A/Ag------ Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae A/Ag( yellow both slant and butt with gas: cracks/displacement of the agar) EMB- greenish metallic sheen ------ E. coli EMB- pink mucoid colonies -------- K. pneumoniae
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Confidentiality The Data Protection Act 1998 gives people the right to confidentiality of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping information given to oneself private and not sharing it with anyone that does not ‘need to know’. In the care setting‚ providing confidentiality requires confirmation that personal and private information belonging to service users cannot be accessed by others. Any information given by a service user should not be disclosed without the service user’s permission
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WHO defines policy as decisions‚ plans‚ and actions that are followed to achieve a particular health care goal within a society. A detailed health policy can achieve several things such as defining a vision for the future‚ which in turn helps to establish goals and points of reference for the short and medium term. Healthcare settings have various policies which are continuously updated to keep up with the growing demands of the field. Nurses have a lot of ethical and legal responsibilities in their
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Journal of Counseling Psychology 2013‚ Vol. 60‚ No. 1‚ 1–14 © 2013 American Psychological Association 0022-0167/13/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0031275 The Relation of Racial Identity‚ Ethnic Identity‚ and Racial Socialization to Discrimination–Distress: A Meta-Analysis of Black Americans Debbiesiu L. Lee and Soyeon Ahn University of Miami This meta-analysis synthesized the results of 27 studies examining the relations of racial identity‚ ethnic identity‚ and racial socialization to discrimination–
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CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Running head: ETHICS OF CONFIDENTIALITY Ethics of Confidentiality Stacy L. Reynolds Grand Canyon University: NRS437V March 24‚ 2012 Ethics of Confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ a nurse became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ the nurse had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about
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Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Semester III Descriptive Practice Question Paper MB0050 – Research Methodology – 4 Credits Book ID: B1700 Set 1 Q. No | Question | Marks | 1. | * Research is a sequential method of enquiry‚ directed towards a clear implicit or explicit objective. Describe in detail the steps to be carried out in a typical research study. Refer Unit 1 | 10 Marks | 2. | Exploratory designs are the simplest and most loosely structured research designs. Explain
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Confidentiality in Health Care Abstract The Health Information Portability Accountability Act was enacted to prevent patient’s private health information from being disclosed without authorization. The Health Information Portability Accountability Act has different sections which define what covered entities are‚ and explain what minimum necessity is in relation to patient’s private health information. This paper also discusses what the penalties may be for different types of private health information
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