Confidentiality Issue Case Study
Counselling is a professional activity, which can be harmful if
correct procedures are not followed. Counsellors are dedicated to
respecting the rights of those persons seeking their assistance. They
must know their rights. It is part of the counsellor’s responsibility
to encourage clients to take responsibility themselves.
Confidentiality is an ethical issue, which involves keeping the
client’s personal information to yourself. Few clients will want to
share private information if they know that it will be made public.
Therefore a positive regard will be seriously hampered if the client
suspects that the information shared will be made public.
Domestic violence is a crime and according to Zimbabwean law, no
person is allowed to assault another. In this discussion we will state
how a junior officer in the army would help the major general’s wife
who is subjected to domestic violence. We will also look at
confidentiality as a complex issue, which can be affected by the law
and ethics. We will discuss the extent that the principle of
confidentiality can be applied. We also talk about what to do when
faced by dilemmas, what action to take and how to handle those
dilemmas.
Definition of terms
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Confidentiality
ð ZOU Module CD 103 (2004:161) states that it involves keeping the
client’s personal information to self (the counsellor).
ð ZOU Module CD 104 (2000:19) says it is providing the client with
safety and privacy.
ð Welfel (1998) cited by ZOU Module CD 104 (2000:26) defines
confidentiality as the counsellor’s ethical obligation to keep the
client...
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... counsellor-counsellor relationships. The law however overrides ethics
in certain issues such as confidentiality, when disclosure may protect
an individual or the community. Legal system is more powerful. The
laws are of the people and they should work for each of us.
One of the key qualities of an effective counsellor is a high degree
of self-awareness. In counselling practice, knowing your self and
being aware about who, what and why you are who you are is important,
it assists you to identify what constitutes a good counsellor. Good
practice assumes that you are sensitive to the professional ethical
guidelines of Counselling. It is also important to note that your aim
is to assist the client, sometimes you are forced to take risks in
helping a client. Therefore the most important thing is to consider
the outcome.
Healthcare ethics is defined as a system of moral principles that guide healthcare workers in making choices regarding medical care. At its core lies our attitudes regarding our personal rights and obligations we have to others. When an unprecedented situation comes into play, we rely on medical ethics to help determine an outcome that would be the best case scenario for all involved. In order to appropriately review this case study, we must first identify the key stakeholders, the ethical principles, policy implications at the federal, state, and local levels, financial implications, and a viable resolution for the situation.
In the aftermath of the collapse of the walkways, investigations revealed that a breakdown in communication between Jack D. Gillum and Associates and Havens Steels Company was largely responsible for the fatal design flaw.
In the following case, Luke is involved in a very perplexing conflict, or Ethical dilemma. This situation is an Ethical dilemma, and not just a regular “everyday” problem, because to Luke there might not be an obvious answer. He can also be thinking that both choices, keeping his commitments of confidentiality and telling his brother, Owen, are both correct things to do. If Luke tells his brother about the project, then he might concur with a theory known as Breach of confidentiality. “Breach of confidentiality occurs when someone gives away information that was supposed to be kept private.” (GENB4350 Online Lecture, Ethical Reasoning 1). By Luke breaching information that is supposed to be kept secret, he will betray the trust of his company
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Children, young people and adults need to know confidentiality will be honoured unless their, or other's safety and well-being is threatened, a crime has or is likely to be committed, and a professional's knowledge of and access to the child, young person or adult's information will not be abused, in the same way that it is important for professional's to understand how important shared information is, where and how it's stored, transported and disclosed to other appropriate professionals.
People are afraid to admit to themselves and others that they need to help to
Disclosing confidential patient information without patient consent can happen in the health care field quite often and is the basis for many cases brought against health care facilities. There are many ways confidential information gets into the wrong hands and this paper explores some of those ways and how that can be prevented.
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...y is not absolute and that the disclosure and justification of some individuals cases can potentially be successful. Moreover the person who disclosed the information will always be the person under scrutiny of the common law. Professionally, if the health care worker adhere to the policy it offers much protection for the topic of confidentiality and the correct attitude to retain information correctly.
However, there are some cases that professionals have to rely on the Law. The Law is different from moral principles and Code of Ethics and its focus is on the legal perspective to protect the professional. The Law is defined by Remley and Herlihy (2010) as “general or specific regarding both what is required and what is allowed of individuals who from a governmental entity” (p.4). One major example is the Tarasoff and the Duty to Protect which is a law that was created after the case that happened with a university student, Tatiana Tarasoff and her boyfriend. Tarasoff’s parents sue the psychotherapists alleging that the professionals should have warned the student. Because of this case, the law raised a major concern that the confidentiality that professionals should follow according to the ACA and AMHCA Code of Ethics has to be broken when there is an issue that can affect a third party in the situation. Like the AMHCA refers to confidentiality as “a right granted to all clients of mental health counseling services. From the onset of the counseling relationship, mental health counselors inform clients of these rights inclu...
In this case, the employee had the right to assume that he would have privacy because he had an office that needed a key to access it and an employee created password to have access to his computer. This assume privacy was extended to the employee’s personal items held within his office also. Moreover, the company’s computer which the employee created a personal password to access, held privacy documents etc. within it. Furthermore, the employee had the right to assume that he would have privacy but that privacy does not extend to the right to violate the employer’s policy, rules and/or regulations nor violating the laws that protect children from harm.
A norm in society is when an individual sees danger they are supposed to report it to the authorities, therefore preventing any further damage. Breach of confidentiality is when a nurse shares information about a patient to others who are not authorized to know about the patients personal information. Due to this, patients are afraid to be honest with their physicians and nurses that are treating them. In order to assure pati...
Morals and principles rule our behavior, these elements are termed ethics. When working as a counselor or psychologist these ethics determine our level of professionalism and commitment to our clients. A case study will be reviewed in the context of ethics. Ethical standards and codes will be evaluated and relevant standards will be utilized and justified for relevance as it pertains to the case study. Multicultural issues within the decision-making model will be considered. The steps used in the process of decision-making will be discussed, as well as an ethical reasoning model will be applied with evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of using the chosen model. A solution for the dilemma will be