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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Confidentiality is the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health counselors to protect the right of privacy of clients. In the world of mental health counseling‚ counselors’ commitment to confidentiality is the basis of effective practice. Confidentiality prohibits mental health counselors from disclosing information about the client to third parties (e.g. family members‚ employer). Confidentiality is critical to establish trust between consumer and mental health counselor‚ which is imperative
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Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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information or even general information about then client should be kept in condense between eh client and the counselor. 3.Counselors have a responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of clients. However‚ under few circumstances‚ counselors have the right to break confidently. Counselors have the right to break confidentiality if they suspect clients are a danger to
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third parties. So‚ why healthcare confidentiality is important? Healthcare confidentiality means that all the personal and medical information given to a medical provider will not be revealed to others people except if the person give the permission for release. Moreover‚ it is the right of the persons to keep their medical information protected and private. These information should be at hand of the physicians or the health care insurances only. Confidentiality preserve the trust of the physician
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traditionalist school argues that the treaty was too harsh on Germany and that the reparations and territorial changes were unreasonable. However revisionist historians argue that because Germany was the main cause of the war the treaty was actually reasonable. I will argue in this essay that the revisionist school is the correct argument. In the Treaty of Versailles‚ the transfer of territory had a serious impact on Europe. The aim of the council of four was to weaken German power in order to prevent
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the principles and boundaries of confidentiality are to do with safeguarding children and young people. The principle - or main reason for having confidentiality in settings is to maintain positive‚ supportive‚ respectful relationships with children and young people that recognises each individual’s right to privacy‚ their right to protection and their right to free expression. This could be done by finding quiet less public areas for discussing information‚ ensuring information given within a setting
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The Importance of Confidentiality in the Medical Field Most jobs have a confidentiality policy. In the medical field‚ confidentiality is extremely important. If the wrong person were to gain access to someone’s medical records‚ they could use that against them. It can potentially harm that person’s personal life. Keeping a patient’s information and medical records confidential is a must. The importance of confidentiality stressed in HIPAA and HITECH act protects the integrity of medical facilities
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1.Research counseling confidentiality and ethics statements/guidelines given to clients. Craft one that you would give to new clients. Why did you include what you did? Submit your finished document with a summary of your choices in the online classroom. “Counselor confidentiality is a term used to describe the responsibility of a therapist or counselor to hold any proprietary or personal information supplied by a patient in the strictest of confidence” (wisegeek.com). New clients arriving at my
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