Topic: Provider – Patient Relationship – Mod 2- Case

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Preferred language style: English (U.S.)

Privacy and Confidentiality issues arise in a wide range of contexts
and scenarios. After reading the background materials and conducting
individual research of the literature discuss how health care workers
can best reconcile their obligation to protect patient privacy and
maintain confidentiality in light of criminal activity by the patient.

You may use the following as a springboard to further research:

Merril Pauls, Andrew McRae, Sam G Campbell, Paul Dungey. (2004).
Ethics in the trenches: Part 2. Case studies of ethical challenges in
emergency medicine. CJEM : Journal of the Canadian Association of
Emergency Physicians, 6(5), 363-6. Retrieved August 17, 2009, from
ProQuest.

Assignment expectations:

1. Identify competing rights and interests in the context of patient
privacy and confidentiality
2. Discuss applicable ethical theories and principles
3. Limit your response to a maximum of three pages. Be sure to
properly cite all references.