Confidentiality: Ethics and Client
The definition of confidentiality is “the principle in medical ethics that the information a patient reveals to a health care provider is private and has limits on how and when it can be disclosed to a third party.” http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/confidentiality
In the field I am entering, the main idea of having confidentiality is to gain the clients trust. At any time this confidentiality is broken or the private matters are disclosed it is called a breach of confidentiality. Patients have the right for privacy related to their matters and it has to confidential among any one treating them. Breaching confidentiality is morally, ethically and legally wrong.
Ethics are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. Ethics gives a standard of conduct or code of behavior. Talking about what happened to a client or who the client is, is breaking the confidentiality contract. When you work anywhere you deal with clients you have to learn the code of ethics and ALWAYS remember confidentiality. You should make every effort to abide by the code so you can become a competent and ethical health care worker. It is important to be sincere, honest, and caring. You need to treat others, as you want to be treated. Show respect and concern for the feelings, dignity, and rights of others
I think that confidentiality is the most important part of the therapist/client relationship. If you do not have that you do not have anything with your client. A client needs to feel they can trust you and what they say in your office or your presence is safe. They need to be open for you to able to help them and if there is a lack of trust then you will not be able to fully help them.
I would make sure my clients understood confidentiality by having them sign a confidentiality agreement. I think I would also have some sort of pamphlet or literature for them to read so we could discuss what confidentiality looked like to both us and how we would use it in
In the field I am entering, the main idea of having confidentiality is to gain the clients trust. At any time this confidentiality is broken or the private matters are disclosed it is called a breach of confidentiality. Patients have the right for privacy related to their matters and it has to confidential among any one treating them. Breaching confidentiality is morally, ethically and legally wrong.
Ethics are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. Ethics gives a standard of conduct or code of behavior. Talking about what happened to a client or who the client is, is breaking the confidentiality contract. When you work anywhere you deal with clients you have to learn the code of ethics and ALWAYS remember confidentiality. You should make every effort to abide by the code so you can become a competent and ethical health care worker. It is important to be sincere, honest, and caring. You need to treat others, as you want to be treated. Show respect and concern for the feelings, dignity, and rights of others
I think that confidentiality is the most important part of the therapist/client relationship. If you do not have that you do not have anything with your client. A client needs to feel they can trust you and what they say in your office or your presence is safe. They need to be open for you to able to help them and if there is a lack of trust then you will not be able to fully help them.
I would make sure my clients understood confidentiality by having them sign a confidentiality agreement. I think I would also have some sort of pamphlet or literature for them to read so we could discuss what confidentiality looked like to both us and how we would use it in