Consent and confidentiality The questionnaire The questionnaire was designed to be easily understood and was available in both English and Maltese. It took roughly thirty minutes to complete. A pilot questionnaire was completed to be sure that the questions were not difficult to understand and were easy to answer. The names of the parents and their children were not written down and the parents just needed to put the completed questionnaire in the self addressed envelope and post it, thus ensuring anonymity. Participation in the research was voluntary. Apart from the questionnaire the parents received an information letter explaining the purpose of the study and what was expected from them. The parents were asked to sign a consent form. They …show more content…
The clinician explained that where possible, consent to break that confidence would be obtained. When consent is not given, or is refused, the information may still be lawfully shared if there is justification that it is in the interest of the public for it to be shared but still consent should be sought and is the first option when possible. The parents were informed that there may be times when the researcher has to break confidentiality but that, if this happened, they would be informed why this has happened and who the researcher is going to inform. Confidentiality would only be broken if the researcher is informed of, or suspects historical, immediate or possible future harm to the child, parent, another person or clinical malpractice. None of the above reasons were detected by the clinician so there was no need to break …show more content…
If a parent appeared to become distressed during the interview then the researcher would have given them the chance to stop the interview for a few minutes or take time out to compose themselves. Participants were informed at the start of the interview that they could take time out or terminate the interview at any time. None of the participants that finished the interview seemed to be struggling. Had there been a problem the researcher would have referred them back to the appropriate clinical service for
...rt of the medical profession, the therapists are expected to maintain the confidentiality of their clients. A psychologist must be able to acquire a client’s trust in order to keep quality confidentiality amongst the two parties. Only on seriously occasions should the patient’s records be shared, under certain other conditions the psychotherapy records of a minor can be reviewed by others without prior written consent. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), psychologists can usually give way the patient records to parents or legal guardians. Some of the ethical rules that apply to the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry are clear and generally agreed upon For example, rules against sexual contact or harsh or abusive treatment are encoded as boundary violations. A psychotherapist must be able to respect the boundaries of the client.
In response to the question set, I will go into detail of the study, consisting of the background, main hypotheses, as well the aims, procedure and results gathered from the study; explaining the four research methods chosen to investigate, furthering into the three methods actually tested.
James was redirected back to the assessment, he began to calm down and we continued the assessment. M. James and I continued talking about his past, future and present circumstances. He also reported that he remembers being sexually abused as a child but doesn’t remember details of the attacker but he thinks it was an uncle that assaulted him. As we finished up with the assessment, he reported that he felt s much better talking about the events that had happened in his life and that he knew that he had made some mistakes recently and he just wants his children back. He says that he’s willing to do whatever we need him to do, in order to get is children
...s at four sites and compared to past studies. Based on completed questionnaires, parent participation was 50% (p. 560).
Reid, D.D. Confidentiality In; Duncan, A.S., Dunstan, G.R., Welbourn, R.B. eds. Dictionary of medical ethics (2nd ed). London; Darton, Longman and Todd, 1981.
Therefore, despite having prior knowledge of the uncertainty that arouse in Janet when presented with a lot of information, Dr. Haveford should have honored her right to self-determination with awareness that disclosing all information would not cause harm to her. In addition, from the moral counterargument against paternalism it is made apparent that harm could come to the patient due to a physician honoring their autonomy by disclosing information, but despite the possibility of harm overriding their right is still not warranted (Goldman). When Dr. Haveford came to the conclusion that the disclosure of all information about clinical trials would ultimately harm Janet, he failed to take into account the “most inclusive notion [that] harm is relative to the values and preferences of the particular individual” (Goldman). Hence, what may be considered harm to him
In today’s society with the blogs, the gossip sites and the other forms of social media, confidentiality is a thing of the past. However, for, physicians and other health professionals, they are held to a higher standard to maintain a level of ethics and confidentiality for their patients. Confidentiality is a major duty for a health professional, but is there ever a time to where it is okay to tell what a patient says in confident? What if the patient is a minor, or a senior citizen or someone who is mentally challenged? What if a patient is being abused or wants to commit suicide? Does it matter if it is a nurse, or a dentist, or a psychologist or is all medical professional held to the same moral standard? What roles does a consent form or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act plays in the medical world in being confidentiality? I would like to explore Confidentiality and the moral effects it has on the health profession.
...d for consent to proceed with the study. The participants were given thorough instructions that at any during the survey you can withdrawal your participation in the research, and that this is to benefit research to society. Participation is this survey was voluntary was emphasized. Participants were told that the surveys should take no longer than fifteen minutes and the personal information will remain confidential their results may be shared, but for research purposes only. The questionnaire will have a demographic sheet and a 50 item questionnaire divided into two sections. One part has a four point Likert scale (0= Almost Never, 1=Sometimes, 2= Often, 3 =Almost Always) and the other part is a selection of A or B. It was also reiterated that the participants had the right to withdraw from the research study at any time; there will be no consequences or penalty.
The purpose of this essay is to introduce the concept of consent, briefly identify its types and legal fundaments, examine significance of consent in a healthcare provision and illustrate the main issues involved with patients’ consent with midwifery practice as the focal point of interest.
...esearch is not always an easy choice. There is often a fine balance between respecting the information gained from a child which has been freely given on a confidential basis and ensuring adequate protection for the child. Similarly ensuring that informed consent is given may result in some children not taking part in the research, but it also protects children from covert research which may not show them in a true light. As we have seen ethical issues are not always easy to resolve, but it is important to identify potential ethical problems so that ways of addressing them can be determined. Whether or not a piece of research is required to be approved by an ethics committee or not, by raising ethical questions during the planning stage it helps to ensure protection for both children and researchers and ultimately leads to better, well thought out research.
Confidentiality in health care is a growing concern as nurses are often faced with the challenges of reacting to question regarding patient’s progress (McGowan, 2012). Confidentiality as defined by Gregory, Raymond-Seniuk, Patrick and Stephen (2015) is the promise given to a person that his or her personal information will not be disclosed randomly if no consent has been given regardless of who is seeking such information (p.600). This paper will attempt to explore the concept of confidentiality as a sensitive issue, challenges that nurses face as they try to protect patient’s health information and some guidelines that govern protection of information and when this information can be divulged.
There is a great importance and focus in modelling a contemporary nurse. The framework for improving this focus is accountability with three main areas: professional, ethical, legal. They all cross over and interlink with each other in many of the topics that are raised within the profession. The approach of the framework were inevitable to reduces to blame and defensive nursing attitude. This attitude can lead to nurses believing accountability is the same as blaming a professional however it is conversely nurses making decisions for individuals and engaging to improve better health outcomes. The topic around this contemporary approach is confidentiality and broken into the principles of the approach.
The questionnaire encompasses five sections. The first section is an introduction. The aim of the research and the completion time of the questionnaire were introduced in the section and make sure the respondents know the security of the information they offered. The second section included only two demographic questions, which are ‘What is your gender?’ and ‘How old are you?’
Yet, the best interest of the child it is not always easily discernable, leaving a wide range of uncertainty that researchers must navigate. These issue may be further exacerbated by disagreements between what a researcher and parent believes is best for the child. Parents and other significant adults may feel that they have the rights to know about their child’s emotional or physical distress, even when these events do not warrant a legal obligation of disclosure. Certain families may not see children as having a need for privacy and expect to be informed of any and all information disclosed to the researcher (Mauthner 1997).Yet, a researcher may believe that revealing this information violates the child’s confidentiality rights. Researchers also need to consider how parents’ willingness to allow their child to participate is affected by the limitations of confidentiality, as access and retention of child participants is vital to the research process (King, & Churchill, 2000).
Maintaining confidentiality is one of the fundamental components every health care professional must follow. It is both a legal and ethical responsibility of a health professional to understand the importance of maintaining client confidentiality. Learning to establish a balance between maintaining personal protection and administering efficient health care can be a difficult task. According to the New Zealand Code of Ethics, Confidentiality is applied to any ‘written or spoken information, or of observed body language, acquired through privileged access.’