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B Dimond

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Confidentiality. 7: Human fertilization and embryology issues.

A woman who was having in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment was involved in a road accident. Her sister, a nurse, who was with her at the time, knew the drugs which she was taking as part of the IVF treatment and passed this information on to those caring for her in the accident and emergency department. Subsequently, the patient complained that this information should not have been passed on. She did not want anyone else to know that she was receiving fertility treatment. What is the law?

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Legal aspects of NHS direct and walk-in clinics.

Two innovations in health care, NHS Direct and walk-in clinics, both designed to improve patient access, have been introduced by the Government. NHS Direct was one of the first NHS innovations introduced by the present Government and has been operating, on a restricted basis, for about 18 months. The Department of Health recently announced the setting up of more direct access clinics run by nurses, to which any person can go for assistance and advice on health care. This article considers the legal implications of these innovations.

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Confidentiality. 9: The law relating to whistle blowing.

Alex Black, a staff nurse on an intensive care unit, was extremely concerned about the lack of adequate staffing levels on the unit. He had put his concerns in writing to his manager, but no action appeared to have been taken. On one weekend there was such a lack of staff that it was impossible to ensure that one nurse was attending every patient on a ventilator at all times. A young girl, injured in a road accident, was brought into the unit following surgery, and was placed on a ventilator. Alex was asked to monitor her care as well as that of another patient being ventilated. The girl died and Alex considered that this might not have happened if there had been adequate staff levels. He knows that the family are ignorant of how low the standards of care were and is anxious that they should be notified. Would it be lawful for him to tell them?

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Confidentiality. 1: Nurses' duty to respect patient confidentiality.

Trust is at the heart of the nurse/patient relationship, yet many nurses find themselves in situations where they are tom between their duty of confidentiality to the patient and other duties. This series of articles seeks to analyse the source of the duty of confidentiality and discusses individual situations giving rise to conflict within the statutory law context.

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Confidentiality. 12: The problems posed by suicide and euthanasia.

Jenny White, a hospice nurse, is caring for Peggy who is in the terminal stages of motor neurone disease. Peggy lives at home and is cared for by her husband John with support from the community health team and social services. John confides to Jenny that he has promised his wife that when her suffering becomes unbearable he will help her to end her life. Afterwards, John says he will have no further desire to continue life alone. Should Jenny respect the confidential nature of this information?

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Confidentiality. 13: The notification of infectious diseases.

Jenny Rose was a paediatric community nurse who regularly visited a child with a chronic lung condition who was being nursed at home. On one visit she noticed that the child's mother, Jane, appeared to be very pale and thin and was told that the mother had a severe gastric disorder with diarrhoea. From the description of the illness, Jenny thought that Jane might be suffering from typhoid. Jane worked as a cook in a restaurant, was unwilling to seek medical advice and intended going to work that night. Jenny was concerned that Jane could have a serious notifiable infectious disease and therefore be a danger to customers in the restaurant. Jane insisted that Jenny should keep the information confidential. Where does Jenny stand?

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Confidentiality. 14: Powers of the police and access to information.

Staff nurse Paula Rose was on duty in the accident and emergency (A&E) department early one Sunday morning when a police constable came in asking for details of any patient who had been brought in and for whom there was evidence of a fall from height. The constable explained that a girl had been assaulted and raped while in her bedroom by an assailant who came in through the window. Her screams brought help, but he made his escape from the window and she believed that he had fallen and may have suffered fractures or bruises.

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