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Why Are Confidentiality Policies Important In Care Work and Under What Circumstances Might Confidentiality Be Breached ?
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WHY ARE CONFIDENTIALITY POLICIES IMPORTANT IN CARE WORK AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT CONFIDENTIALITY BE BREACHED ? Confidentiality arises when service uses keep information about themselves off the record and determine how recorded information about themselves is shared and used. Users of services can control information about themselves by refusing to disclose it at all and this is the most obvious way to do so. Whatever service it is, there will be always a minimum amount of information which the client has to disclose as a condition for receiving the service, hence would- be users of services don't have a real choice about keeping information. However confidentiality policies are important in carework. Most records in health and care are made with a view to the information being shared. This is so that continuity of care is not vulnerable to individual practitioners becoming sick, going on holiday or changing their jobs. Records are...
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