Confidentiality/Law & Ethics Flashcards
1
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Confidentiality
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keeping all information about a patient, including patient records, private
2
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Exceptions to confidentiality
A
- prevent clear and imminent
danger to the client or others - Child abuse
- Legal demand requirements
3
Q
When do you not discuss client information?
A
- One client about another client
- Relatives and friends of the client without permission
- Representatives of news media
- Fellow workers, except when in conference or reporting
- Your own relatives and friends
4
Q
Obligation of healthcare workers
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they have a legal and ethical obligation to provide safe and correct care and to do no harm
5
Q
The Regulated Health Professions Act
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states what the legal ‘scope of practice’ is for each regulated profession. These set what you are legally responsible to do based on your training.
6
Q
Ethical responsibilities
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Ethical responsibilities are not law
7
Q
Ethics
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Ethics are a set of principles to guide workers to do what is morally right.
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