Patient Confidentiality and Consent

Workplace learning
scenario 2

Table of Contents
Patient confidentiality and consent..................................................................................................3
Issues around confidentiality and consent.......................................................................................3
Professional boundaries...................................................................................................................3
Issues around professional boundaries............................................................................................4
Scope of practice responsibilities....................................................................................................4
Breach of codes and guidelines.......................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

Patient confidentiality and consent
Confidentiality and consent are important regarding the maintenance of privacy of patient as it
provide secure environment for patient at the place where they receive medical care and also
provide complete and accurate information (Sturt and et. al., 2018). Confidentiality is important
as it create a trust for the environment by respecting the patient and their privacy and also
motivate patient to seek suitable care and also honest during the course of Health Care as it leads
to increase the willingness to seek care for patient. Therefore, it includes the overview of legal
instruments which are related with the rights of patient and also show the confidentiality and
privacy regarding the private life of patient. Confidentiality is important for developing and
maintaining the healthy clinical relationship.
Issues around confidentiality and consent
Informed consent is concerned with legal and ethical requirements for the research that
undertake human participants. There are various issues regarding the confidentiality and consent
that include false expectations in order to Hinder the communication among the patient and care
taker. Most of the patients also assume that the conventional treatment is the best way because
they are afraid of unknown side effects of the new treatment (Ndlebe, 2019). Besides from this it
is also difficult to evaluate the viewpoint of patient about trial as there is no developed method to
measure the understanding level which a patient has regarding the given information. Therefore,
misunderstanding can occur due to the inadequate language translations because many people
sign the consent form without getting aware the result of withdrawal of the subject at the later
time.
Professional boundaries
Professional boundaries provide the suitable framework towards the healthy relationship among
the health care patients and providers. They also have emotional and physical limits in order to
protect the vulnerability of patient and also protect the staff from becoming over involved.
Healthy professional boundaries keep the care provider and patient relationship in a safe manner
where they focus on the growth and development of patient (Patton and Simpson, 2016). The
professional boundaries of Healthcare professional include this service-oriented time and
location Limited focused on the needs of patient provide paid services and goal directed. The