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Ethics for Professionals 104 : Ethics of Confidential Information

Credit Hours(s)2.0

InstructorsPaul Powers, DC, DABCN

Price$40.00 USD

Format(s)Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

Educational Objectives

Define the terms confidential information and confidentiality.
Identify the relationship of a patient's legal right to privacy with his reasonable expectations regarding confidential information.
Describe how the telling and keeping of secrets is relevant to understanding the importance of confidentiality.
Discuss the ethical norms involved in keeping and breaking professional confidences.
Name five general legal exceptions to the professional standard of practice that confidences should not be broken.
Consider practical options that a professional can take when faced with the possibility of breaking a confidence.
Discuss some important aspects of documentation that affect confidentiality.
Compare ethical issues of confidentiality traditionally conceived with those that have arisen because of computerized medical records and patient care information systems.
Describe the key ethical strengths and challenges of the recent U.S. federal regulations related to privacy considerations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).
Become familiar with AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics
Review and become familiar with the TX PT Rules
Read case scenarios illustrating ethical decision making

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