Module 1- Intentional Tort Samuels vs. Southern Baptist Hospital taking place February 13th 1992 in Louisiana. A minor age sixteen Rochelle Harris and her family sue for an Intentional tort from the Southern Baptist’s former employee Raymond Stewart. The injury that occurred here was an incident of a common everyday tort known as rape. Ms. Rochelle was sixteen at the time of this intentional tort she had been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Southern Baptist Hospital by her parents from an attempt
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assignment looks at a legal and ethical issue in the healthcare setting. It will focus on the principle of confidentiality and how it relates to healthcare. Maintaining confidentiality is one of the fundamental components every health care professional must respect. It is both a legal and ethical responsibility of a health professional to understand the importance of maintaining client confidentiality. Learning to establish a balance between maintaining personal protection and administering efficient health
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Confidentiality and Informed Consent Sara M. Covey PSY 305 March 6‚ 2015 Dr. Sheila Rapa Confidentiality and Informed Consent Confidentiality in all fields of social work is paramount. Confidentiality gives clients comfort knowing that they can speak freely and engage more fully in the counseling and treatment processes if they believe that their privacy is being safeguarded. (Appelbaum‚ Kapen‚ Walters‚ Lidz‚ & Roth‚ 1984; Miller & Thelen‚ 1986). This ultimately makes counseling
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With rapid increase of technology usage in health care‚ usage of social media is imperious. This outrages growth of health care industry is a good thing. On the other hand it can be a problem to healthcare facilities if their employees are careless about posting things on social media. So what exactly is social media? Social Media is the future of communication‚ a countless array of internet based tools and platforms that increase and enhance the sharing of information. This new form of media makes
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Privacy and Confidentiality Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for patients is a fundamental duty of care as a nurse. It is clearly stated that "a nurse must treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as confidential" (ANMC‚ 2003‚ pg. 4). Although the terms privacy and confidentiality are often interchanged‚ they should be distinguished. Privacy refers to one’s ownership of one’s body or information about one’s self‚ whereas confidentiality refers specifically
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TJMaxx System Breach Cormalita Uzzell 319/CIS May 6‚ 2013 Christopher Canter In January 2007‚ TJX Companies‚ Inc. issued a press release announcing that its computer systems had been breached and customer information had been stolen. Reports estimated at least 94 million Visa and MasterCard accounts had been compromised‚ with losses projected at $4.5 billion. What happened to cause the companies breach? What did the company do to insure that this would not happen again? Perhaps the company
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GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum This report will examine the ethical conundrum of patient confidentiality vs. a doctor’s duty to warn a patient of a potential health risk (see Appendix one for scenario). Primarily‚ this report will argue that patient confidentiality cannot be overruled‚ as there is not adequate legal or ethical reasoning to do so and as such
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Confidentiality and Informed Consent Cher Keen PSY/305 August 3‚ 2015 Dr. Daniel Williams Confidentiality and Informed Consent Confidentiality in all fields of work is vital. It gives the client the comfort of knowing that their personal information will remain private and safeguarded. Confidentiality guidelines within counseling sessions can make the experience with a client more productive. A breach in confidentiality
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summarize the main points of the article you chose (one page). I read the article about confidentiality for teenagers. In the article it offered very interesting insight as to why teenagers avoid going to receive reproductive care services. It was found that the number one reason for teens not seeking reproductive health services is because of their parents. The reasons teenagers wanted the confidentiality of their visits kept away from their parents was mainly from fear of retribution or to start
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Politics Opinions Should judges be elected to serve on the bench? YES 35%of members Voice Your Opinion * I support the idea of electing judges into office because judges should represent the interests of the community being served. If the election of judges is withdrawn as a means to appointment a candidate into office‚ then judges would serve on the bench for the sake of duty rather than service to the community. Electing officials into office empowers members of the voting community
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