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Section 1: Ethical and legal principles

(1.1) Ethical and legal principles

(1.2) The relationship of trust

(1.3) Respect for patient autonomy

(1.4) Benefit to patient health and medical practice

(1.5) Duty of confidentiality is not absolute

(1.6) Ethical issues: Recap question

(1.7) Confidentiality and the law

(1.8) The legal consequences of breaching confidentiality

(1.9) Confidentiality and human rights

(1.10) Confidentiality and data protection

(1.11) Reflection 

(1.12) Section 1: Summary and best practice

 

Section 2: Consent and information-sharing

(2.1) Section 2: Consent and information-sharing

(2.2) Express and implied consent

(2.3) Reflection 

(2.4) Forms of consent

(2.5) Consent: best practice

(2.6) Information-sharing to provide optimal healthcare

(2.7) Information-sharing to provide optimal healthcare

(2.8) Reflection

(2.9) Information-sharing: best practice

(2.10) Benefits of information-sharing

(2.11) Limitations on information-sharing

(2.12) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Working in multidisciplinary teams and interagency working

(3.1) Section 3: Working in multidisciplinary teams and interagency working

(3.2) Multidisciplinary teams

(3.3) Multidisciplinary teams

(3.4) Interagency working

(3.5) When multidisciplinary teams work with agencies

(3.6) When multidisciplinary teams work with agencies

(3.7) Visualising relationships of confidentiality

(3.8) Reflection

(3.9) The problems with 'levels'

(3.10) Reflection

(3.11) Levels of confidentiality

(3.12) Best practice

(3.13) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Other considerations

(4.1) Section 4: Other considerations

(4.2) Situations with dual obligations

(4.3) Situations with dual obligations

(4.4) Patients who are more vulnerable to disclosure

(4.5) Patients who are more vulnerable to disclosure

(4.6) Patients who are more vulnerable to disclosure

(4.7) Reflection

(4.8) Audio vignette: a vulnerable patient

(4.9) Audio vignette: a vulnerable patient

(4.10) Interactive exercise: a vulnerable patient

(4.1) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Disclosure

(5.1) Section 5: Disclosure

(5.2) When there is a legal requirement to disclose

(5.3) Laws requiring the disclosure of information

(5.4) When there is a legal requirement to disclose: best practice

(5.5) Disclosure in the public interest

(5.6) Disclosure in the public interest

(5.7) When there is no legal requirement using professional judgement to disclose

(5.8) Exercising professional judgement to disclose

(5.9) Exercising professional judgement to disclose

(5.10) Audio vignette: a potentially dangerous patient

(5.11) Audio vignette: a potentially dangerous patient

(5.12) An example of a true case

(5.13) Factors to consider in making judgements about a legally justified disclosure

(5.14) Factors to consider in making judgements about a legally justified disclosure

(5.15) Best procedure when disclosing information

(5.16) Section 5: Summary

 

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Appendix: transcripts

(4.9) Transcript: a vulnerable patient

(5.11) Transcript: a potentially dangerous patient

 

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