If a client begins to make a disclosure of abuse it is important to ensure privacy and confidentiality. It is necessary to show that listening skills are employed and that I remain calm and receptive. I must listen without interruption and make it clear that I am taking their disclosure seriously. I must only ask questions of clarification if I am unclear as to what the vulnerable adult is saying. It is important that I acknowledge their courage in coming forward and tell them that they are not responsible
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10/18/2011 Philosophy 235 The Ethical Implications of Involuntary Treatment for Substance Abuse Every time health professionals claim to speak for the rights of others many questions arise within the bioethical community. Although altruism is a motivating mechanism of selfless care for others‚ it may have a dark side. Involuntary treatment for alcohol and drug abuse is a controversial tool used in medical care. The question of whether or not such treatment can be applied has been an unresolvable
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Patient Confidentiality 1 Article background: “Some 13 per cent of US medical schools have reported that their students have leaked confidential information about patients via blogs or social networking websites. The students didn ’t name names‚ but did provide enough personal information‚ such as the medical condition involved and hospital‚ for patients or their families to recognize who is being described…The information was provided by medical school administrators as part
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underpin the interpretation and application of keeping confidentiality and being professional. Clients need to be able to participate freely as they work with practitioners of counselling professions towards their desired goals. However this requires clients to be able to trust their practitioner with their wellbeing and sensitive personal information. Therefore‚ as members or registrants of BACP we take being trustworthy as a serious ethical commitment. However‚ we have agreed to make clients
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org/ethics/)Most people learn ethical norms at home‚ in school‚ in church‚ or in other social settings. Human rights: The basic rights and freedoms‚ to which all humans are entitled‚ often held to include the right to life and liberty‚ freedom of thought and expression‚ and equality before the law. I would like to talk to you about privacy and confidentiality. Privacy: the quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others. (http://www.answers.com/topic ) Confidentiality: Containing information
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Title Name BUS 311 Business Law I Professor Date Situations that involve written and oral contracts between clients and contractors happen every day. Quite often‚ a price is agreed upon based on a completion date and the performance that happens along the way. One such situation that I have experienced was when my Dad decided to purchase a brand new townhouse in a downtown Cincinnati residential redevelopment project. A private contractor named Drees had won the rights from the city to
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Ashely Madison‚ a website that promotes extra-marital affairs was subject to a massive data breach earlier this year; personal details of some 37 million users‚ as well as the companies financial records‚ were threatened with release. Subsequently‚ large caches of the data were posted online and a then-unknown hacking outfit named The Impact Team claimed responsibility. This breach not only compromised the data from the Ashley Madison database‚ but also Avid Life Media‚ who owns the Madison website
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It should further consider ethical consultation‚ a valid second or third opinion‚ and best-for-the-patient policy. He has to evaluate and examine the potential and probable best future for the patient. Brock (1991) stated that this condition relies upon ethical judgments and moral values. As the patient is unable to decide for himself‚ it is the substitute decision maker’s duty to determine what’s
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Forms of breach of contract and the remedies that can be used. Table of contents: Introduction Contracts as a whole Forms of breach of contracts Remedies Introduction: As long as human kind can remember contracts has been in the existence. Goods were exchanged in order to survive. Therefore a contract can be described as an agreement between two (or more) people where one person offers to do something and another person accepts that offer. So when someone agrees to sell and
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HITECH ACT is the Breach Notification Rule. A HIPPA rule that requires HIPAA covered entities (CE) and their business associates (BA) to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI) (HHSwebsite). CE and BA must notify U.S department of Health and Human Services (HHS)‚ some situations the media‚ and all individuals whose PHI has been breached (hhswebsite). Plus‚ all notifications must be made no later than 60 days after the discovery of the breach (bok). So‚ what
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