All nurses and midwives have to comply with the legislation relating to confidentiality. Data Protection Act came into place in 1998‚ the purpose of the Act is to protect individuals by how data is controlled‚ store‚ obtained and disclosed. Data Protection Act is designed to make sure and put in place what personal information may or may not be shared and also what can be with the information. Confidentiality has been described as central to preserving the human dignity of patients. All nurses and
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Explain the meaning of law and morality. Discuss whether the law does and should seek to uphold moral principles. (30 marks + 5 marks for AO3). Laws and morals are quite similar in some ways but they also have their differences. Law is best described as rules made by authority. John Austin defined law as a command from a sovereign power‚ law needs to be obeyed and is enforced through sanctions. Morality on the other hand is values and principles as opposed to rules. Phil Harris defines a society’s
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certain words are chosen to enhance and draw the reader into the story and play on their raw emotions. Some of these words are ambiguous in nature and have an “inexplicable or inexactness in meaning‚ and are capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways” (“Ambiguous”). Multiple meanings of the word‚ “carry‚” are used to successfully accomplish this goal throughout chapter one by the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ in his novel‚ The Things They Carried. The novel revolves around the Vietnam
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Explain the statement‚ “Meanings are in people‚ not in words” This statement means that phrases and sentences are open for interpretations. A person could interpret a statement in his/her own way while another person can interpret the same exact statement in an entirely different way. How can meaning be influenced by the context in which it is sent? The Contextual factors such as the physical surrounding environment and the framework of related facts and events within which a communication takes
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Explain the effect terms in a contract. Implied terms are not stated in a contract but are introduced in a contract by a statute. 1. The handset will correspond with description supplied at the time of sale. This is an implied term by the sales of good act as it has to correspond with the description on the box. Also statute would protect the customer and it should be what is said on the box. The sales of good act states where there is a sale of good by description there is an implied
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standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as
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Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway 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‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of
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"Patient Confidentiality" (ID: 11116011 Krishna Rana) Description: For the past two weeks I have been working in a large surgical ward that has mass thoroughfare of people in and out of the ward - namely doctors‚ visitors and other allied health care staff. One method of Patient Confidentiality which I have encountered is the use of cavity lockers for each individual patient - which lock patients files and confidential information safely in the wall. In addition‚ these lockers are secured with
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Breaking Confidentiality Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V Breaking Confidentiality We are in a world where everything is electronic from communication between two people to our medical records. Even though we have all this information at our fingertips we still have the right to privacy. Information that could potentially be harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing could be deemed confidential by the person the information pertains too. (Purtilo & Doherty
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Maintaining Confidentiality Course 117 TWO contact hours By: Monica Oram‚ RN‚ BSN Upon completion of this course the reader will be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Define confidentiality and related key terms 2. Define the concepts concerning confidentiality 3. Understand what is considered confidential information 4. Understand the outcomes of breach of confidentiality 5. Understand responsibilities as a healthcare worker with private and confidential information
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