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By Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean
Medicolegal necessities in Healthcare offers a concise evaluation of the main clinically proper medicolegal concerns for healthcare teams in England and Wales, and is a necessary source for clinical, dental and nursing scholars in education in addition to being an invaluable fast reference for practitioners in those fields. each one bankruptcy is written through a number one specialist at the topic, and as such offers updated, concise, and complete assurance, opting for key parts of controversy and allowing readers to place modern medicolegal concerns into their applicable scientific context. Key gains comprise: makes a speciality of problems with fast relevance to healthcare execs Chapters written via major specialists within the box a data of medicolegal matters is of accelerating significance to all healthcare pros, as society usually turns into extra litigious, and practitioners face the specter of felony claims opposed to them
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London: BMA, 2000. 27 4 Confidentiality* Peter Schütte Ever since the Hippocratic Oath was first taken 2500 years ago, confidentiality has been recognised by the medical profession as a cornerstone of good clinical practice. In 1947, the Declaration of Geneva (amended in 1968) strongly reinforced the declaration of confidentiality in the Hippocratic Oath. The Declaration states: I will respect the secrets which are confided in me, even after the patient has died. In recent times legal, social, and technological advances have brought increasingly complex obligations and challenges for healthcare professionals who wish to safeguard patient confidentiality.
The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realisation of this right shall include those necessary for: (a) The provision for the reduction of the still-birth rate and of infant mortality and for the healthy development of the child; (b) The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene; (c) The prevention, treatment and control of epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases; (d) The creation of conditions which would assure to all medical service and medical attention in the event of sickness.
The Act covers paper and computer records without time limit. The basic data protection principles of the Act give data subjects and data users certain responsibilities and rights. These includes the following. Responsibilities Personal data shall • be obtained and processed fairly and lawfully • be held only for specified purposes • not be used or disclosed in any other way or for any other purpose CO N F I D E N T I A L I T Y • be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which they are held • be accurate and kept up to date • not be kept longer than is necessary • be processed according to the rights of data subjects • be held secure.