Consider the first Schedule to the Human Rights Act 1998 (see website of this book) and consider any other rights in relation to healthcare that you consider should be included. Do you consider that...

Consider the first Schedule to the Human Rights Act 1998 (see website of this book) and consider any other rights in relation to healthcare that you consider should be included.

Do you consider that there is a breach of confidentiality if a nurse returns home and tells her husband that they are treating a patient with AIDS on the ward? She does not mention the patient’s name

Q22;

Consider the exception to the duty of confidentiality entitled ‘public interest’ and consider examples from your own experience that may come under that heading. What justifications could you give for and against disclosure?

Hospitals are often seen as the most difficult institutions in which to keep personal matters secret. What action do you think could be taken to enforce the duty of confidentiality in practice?

Q23;

Identify who the Caldicott Guardian is in your organisation and establish the role that he or she plays in maintaining standards of confi dentiality.

What errors have you noticed in record keeping? In what ways do you consider that standards of record keeping could be raised?