Reveals Personal Information: A Case Study

Confidentiality is one of the most important aspects when working with clientele. Our text defines confidentiality as, “rooted in a client’s right to privacy, is at the core of effective therapy. “(Corey et al. 2014). Anna Martin describes confidentiality in a little more detail by stating that, “patient confidentiality means maintaining private information about a client, and ensuring that no unauthorized person has access to this” (2017).As an individual working within a helping profession, one of the main goals to hold should be to keep clients protected and have their best interest in mind. Although keeping a client’s information confidential is often in the best interest for the client’s safety, this is not always the case. Certain instances may arise where it is essential to break confidentiality. Throughout this paper, we will look deeper into different situations where breaking or keeping confidentiality is necessary. Specifically, we will consider confidentiality principles as a counselor.

How I would explain the difference between privacy, confidentiality, and privileged communication to a client.

Patients often come to health care providers for physical concerns. They may overlook the psychological and emotional problems and view them as temporary stress caused by situational events. They probably think the symptoms caused by the stress may vanish eventually without any medical attention. I read the article about Pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed the Germanwings Flight 9525 in France and killed one hundred and fifty passengers. The reason why the pilot crashed the plane was unknown, but the pilot was treated for psychological issues for suicide before he received his pilot license (Klitzman, 2015). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has analyzed the case and tried to change the policies to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. I think the pilot might be afraid of losing his job if he had reported his diagnosis to the FAA. He probably also did not want to be labeled as a psychiatric patient. Fear of losing what people have is fairly common when they try to hide things from the others, especially the authorities. Loss of confidence and trust on themselves and other people are other factors when people choose not to tell the truth. A few ideas about revising the FAA policies came across my mind. These ideas are based on promoting pilots’ wellbeing, building trust and confidence, and developing the transparency between pilots

Today, we can find tabloids and magazines on shelves of supermarkets or kiosks with pictures of celebrities or occasionally normal people who do not realize that they were photographed while they were in their home or enjoying their vacations. The motivation for those photographers who take those photos are probably the same which motivated Darwin Bonaparte to film John in the novel “Brave New World”. They aspire to be famous and wealthy. They are truly selfish, irresponsible and materialistic. Indeed, they gravely violate the right of those people to have privacy. For example, an article published in the USA Today mentions and presents different opinions about it,

This paper is being submitted to Steven Mendoza, Ph.D., MSCP in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Law and Ethics, PSY627, on January 24, 2015.

Privacy; the state of being free from being observed or being disturbed. Things such as credit card companies, ads on television, warnings on the evening news, and even locker searches at school all directly contradict the definition of “privacy”.

“With liberty and justice for all.” Our founding fathers envisioned a country where liberty, meaning freedom, and justice, meaning morally right actions, would be for all citizens, but in our modern society, today, can we really say this is true? In a society, where we all have felt deceived by our own government through matters involving privacy, it is hard to say whether our government is looking after us or looking out for us. Keizer, the author of “Privacy,” presents the idea that humans are important so protecting our privacy is essential. Huxley, the author of “Brave New World,” critiques our modern society by describing a society built on the idea of consumerism: efficiency, productivity, and stability.

Some of the most contentious and recurrent argumentative dialogues regarding civil liberties stem from what seems at face value, like a relatively elementary idea the notion of personal privacy. This debate could never be more relevant than in present day society, where globalization and advanced communications technologies have synergized to form a ubiquitous digital library of shared information. The specific example of the delicate balance between personal privacy and national security here in the United States has only further convoluted the issue the debate of whether and to what caliber citizens have privacy rights is hotly contested. As technology

In 1974, a federal law that lets government officials gather, use and spread personal information about individuals. The National Agency (NSA) collects approximately two hundred million text messages from people who aren't targeted. Not only that, in 2013, NSA celebrated accumulating one trillion metadata records and that's not including the one billion cell phone calls they listened in on. NSA's job is to protect the United States from foreign countries that pose a threat, but the cost of safety is the loss of privacy. Society have to consider the questions, is relinquishing the privacy of many the right thing to do? Will the releasing of private information is really going to help people? In what way will privacy be affected by society demand for both a moral compass and civil rights?

“Imagine waking up one morning and losing everything you have, your property, your dignity, your family, and, most importantly, your freedom. (Mr. Payne, Congressional Record, V. 147, Pt. 8, June 12, 2001 to June 25 2001)” In just a blink of an eye, a part of freedom could vanquish, and nothing would ever be the same. Everyone’s life would become an open book; a place where anyone could seize other’s private information. Worst of all, there would not be anything anyone could do to make it stop. The government may claim that this inevitably helps society and keeps American citizens safe by solving crimes faster, which is a favorable thing, but even so, many wonder how Americans are safe if their information is easily obtained by others. Although

Being an advanced practice nurse is a huge responsibility. The profession itself is advancing and with the Affordable Care Act moral, ethical and legal considerations of providing care as an advanced practice nurse have increased exponentially. Ethical standards for nurse practitioner are defined in the American Nurses Code of Ethics. Ethical standard are based largely on the individual nurse beliefs. Because ethics are not a clear cut science, the handling certain situations are defined by state laws. The purpose if this paper is to consider ethical and legal implications of revealing a prescribing mistake to a patient who has no knowledge that a mistake exist.

Personal data is quickly becoming a commodity in today's high technology world. This information is used by banks, investment and brokerage companies, credit card merchants, government agencies (local, state and federal), and consumer product-based companies. Most people probably don't realize the amount of information that's shared between companies, or how often it's done. Many companies sell and share customer data to help sell products and find out what new products they should produce. Other uses include gathering information about inventory levels to help better determine what types of products are bought at which store, when and how often. This can be used for inventory and production, to make sure that the store (or

The second ethical issue occurred when the psychologist disclosed information about Mr. Hartwig’s to his psychiatrist without Mr. Hartwig’s consent. The psychologist motivations for contacting Mr. Hartwig’s psychiatrist appears to be ethical. He was attempting to establish a collaborative relationship with the psychiatrist in order to maximize the effectiveness of each for of treatment in order to best serve the client (APA, 2002). However, The APA guidelines on stipulate that while psychologist should attempt to establish a collaborative relationship they must request release from the client before disclosing confidential information (APA, 2002). The client shared the name of his psychiatrist, but there was no evidence that the client consented to an exchange of information between the two professionals. In addition to the psychologists’ obligation to obtain consent to disclose information to the psychiatrist; he was also ethically obligated to ensure that the client understands what he/she is giving consent for. Koocher and Keith-Spiegel, suggest elements that a release-of-information form should include; who the information is to be released to, and any limitations on the information to be released (2008). If the client consented to disclosure with the

Invasion of privacy is something that is a major concern among Americans. In this paper I will discuss Steve, who has recently joined a church. The church doctrine is such that members are to reveal indiscretions from their past. Steve has told them of some of his indiscretions but Steve is not happy about this and decides he would rather leave the church. The church leaders have told Steve even if he leaves his neighbors as well as members of the church will be notified of his past. In this paper I will discuss which privacy torts are involved as well as if this is a libel case. I will also discuss whether the expectation of privacy applies to

Sharing your personal information on social media site is not a good idea. Why? Due to the problems that have occurred, many people think that they can trust the internet and share their information when really they are wrong. Once people share their information on social media sites they are potentially inviting trouble for them, this would give another user a chance for stealing their information. However, the social media site can be used in a good way, with positive purpose.