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Understanding Confidentiality: A Vital Ethical Principle Across Professions

Confidentiality is an essential ethical principle that protects sensitive information across various professions, including medicine, law, and psychology. It ensures that personal data remains accessible only to authorized individuals, preventing harmful exposure and discrimination. Confidentiality encourages people to seek necessary help without fear of retaliation or embarrassment. However, professionals must navigate the limits of confidentiality, as they are obliged to report intentions of self-harm, harm to others, or threats of violence. Non-compliance can lead to severe consequences including lawsuits and loss of trust.

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Understanding Confidentiality: A Vital Ethical Principle Across Professions

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  1. By: Jessica Williams

  2. What is confidentiality? • An ethical principle associated with several professions • Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to have access • Privileged information

  3. Confidentiality Prevents • Exposure of personal information • Embarrassment • Family & personal discrimination • Loss of jobs • Prevents retaliation • Fear of seeking help

  4. Confidentiality Encourages • People to use services needed to help them • People seeking help • Family participation in seeking help

  5. Professions Which Require Confidentiality • Medicine • Law • Religion • Psychology • Journalism • Education • Social Work • Etc.

  6. The Limits of Confidentiality It is our duty to report when: • A person will suffer from results of harmful behavior • A person intends to harm him/herself or someone else • A person is being harmed by someone else • A person threatens someone

  7. Non-Compliance to Confidentiality Generates • Distrust • Embarrassment • Investigation • Termination • Lawsuits • Court Cases • Harm • Loss of Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HdyItsQK-Q

  8. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/confid_qt/ http://www.turningpointcounseling.org/confidentiality.htm http://www.wordle.net/create http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HdyItsQK-Q www.google.com/images

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