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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The Importance of Maintaining Accountability for Equipment Accountability‚ what is accountability and what does it mean? The definition found on the website dictionary.com states: 1. The state of being accountable‚ liable‚ or answerable. / 2. Education. A policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for student’s academic progress by linking progress with funding for salaries‚ maintenance‚ etc. Now you may ask yourself “What kind of fucking vague ass definition is this?” at least I did when
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boundaries of confidentiality Any professional working with children must be prepared for the possibility of coming across children that are at risk of being abused. If you have suspicions that a child is suffering - as a professional you must be extremely careful how and with whom you share this information. As a teacher or teaching assistant you must adhere to the rules and regulations of confidentiality. All information held by the school about its pupils must stay on school premises and between staff
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Human Resources Management The Tensions between Line Mangers and Human Resources Practitioners in Modern Organisations 17th January 2012 The Tensions between Line Mangers and Human Resources Practitioners in Modern Organisations Human resources management is a business department and function that has the strategic approach to the management of the company’s employees. Armstrong (2006‚ p.3) defines HRM as ‘a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisation’s
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The difference between teleological and deontological ethical systems‚ are teleological ethical system is based on the outcome of an act. If you do something that is bad as long as the outcome of that act is good then it is considered to be a good act. Now with the Deontological ethical system this system is base on the act it self. If you do something and you meant good doing it even if that act turns out bad‚ your act is still considered to be good. For example of Deontological if your friend
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(a). Explain the Ethical teaching of the religion you have studied. In the Old Testament we find many laws which God gave to His people Israel. In the "Ten Commandments" which are found in Exodus‚ chapter 20‚ God commanded us to honour our parents‚ and to not murder‚ commit adultery‚ steal or lie‚ He also gave many other moral laws‚ one of which was‚ "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Leviticus 19:18). Jesus did not change any of these God-given laws‚ but he perfected them by explaining
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Privacy and Confidentiality a) What is HIPAA? a.i) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a multifaceted piece of legislation that covered these three areas: 1)Insurance portability‚ 2) Fraud enforcement (accountability) and 3) Administrative Simplification (reduction in health care costs). HIPAA was enacted to improve the efficiency and efficacy of the healthcare system. a.ii) Title I and Title II of HIPAA protection and provisions. 2) HIPAA Confidentiality and Privacy
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n the differences between absolute and relative morality Relativism and absolutism are two ethical theories that strongly differ in beliefs and opinions. A relativist person would believe that there are no absolute universal truths‚ truth is relative to the subject and can differ from person to person and society to society. Relativism considers the outcome of choices; a relativist will generally make decisions based on the likely outcome. On the other hand‚ an absolutist thinker believes that
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The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales An Empirical Analysis * Felix Oberholzer Koleman Strumpf Harvard Business School UNC Chapel Hill foberholzer@hbs.edu cigar@unc.edu March 2004 Abstract A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific
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An Ethical Dilemma in Counseling: Deciding between two rights Ethics‚ considered the study of moral philosophy‚ is a broad way of defining human duty‚ right and wrong; essentially‚ it is more expansive than simply applying a principle. Dilemmas are situations that require a choice between options appearing uniformly favorable‚ unfavorable or mutually exclusive. Naturally‚ an ethical dilemma can place a professional counselor in a precarious position‚ thereby compromising the effectiveness of the
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