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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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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information may of been picked up from the children themselves‚ or told directly to the childminder from the parents‚ or other professionals such as teachers‚ providing the parents have given them consent to do so. The upmost crucial characteristic of confidentiality is not passing on or sharing information about either the child or their families with other people. All information that you may have on a child must be treated as confidential and it must only be shared between yourself‚ the child and
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of reconstruction counseling. Ethics happen at the focus of the counseling method‚ it functions and performs solidly for the clients who inquire help in such an environment. For the counseling field to be ethical and continue professional recognition‚ multiple aspects must be reviewed and planned to advance all counselors and practitioners for functioning at the necessary level and reserving their jobs demand by the counseling profession. According to American Counseling Association (2014):
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SECURITY‚ PRIVACY‚ AND CONFIDENTIALITY (SPC) OF HEALTH INFORMATION IN THE PHILIPPINES DEFINITION OF TERMS Due to the special nature of health information‚ the legal and technical aspects of the concepts of security‚ privacy‚ and confidentiality (SPC) have a particular meaning in the context of healthcare. Privacy is the right of an individual to limit access to others to some aspect of their person. A more specific type of privacy is informational privacy (which is the notion of privacy we are most
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Rationale for seeking specialization in a clinical counseling-related program My reasoning behind seeking a graduate degree in mental health counseling is because I find that behaviorist techniques are the most beneficial to promoting productive outcomes. Mental health counselors in the behavioral sciences therapeutically assist clients with behavioral analysis. The role of the licensed mental health counselors is outlined in the code of ethics. Reasons for considering a clinical graduate degree
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HIV Prevention with Positives in Thailand: Ethical Dilemma of HIV Status Disclosure in intimate relationship. Abstract Every year‚ there are about ten thousand new HIV infection cases in Thailand. The majority of new HIV transmissions in Thailand have changed from commercial sex to intimate relationships while HIV prevention generally focuses on self protection and universal precaution. In 2003‚ Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommend to integrate HIV preventive measure into routine
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textbooks‚ other ethics books‚ codes of ethics‚ and an extensive literature review I found little documentation about the acceptability of dual relationships in counseling. Mostly‚ you must take the information provided that advises against dual relationships and infer the opposite. Likewise‚ relationships with colleagues‚ supervisors/supervisees‚ students‚ and employees are governed in regards for what to do and not to do. My example of an acceptable dual relationship in counseling is a therapist
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According to the course literature (2010)‚ counseling is defined as a proactive‚ historically oriented process for helping persons learn to cope with problems of living and for promoting health development. It is an interpersonal process involving professional with the requisite graduate education and experience in counseling‚ using scientifically validated methods working with an individual‚ family‚ group‚ organization or specialization community that is seeking assistance (p.g 4-5). The three
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Running head: HIV/AIDS‚ ADOLESCENTS‚ AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior Introduction You can’t smell it‚ taste it‚ hear it‚ or even see it. BUT‚ it lives inside the bodies of 36 million people worldwide and it’s responsible for the death of many others. It’s the biggest epidemic in human history (Sittitrai‚ 1998). It’s HIV/AIDS‚ and it doesn’t care who you are or where you’re from. U.S. public health
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