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Data Protection Act 1998 endnote

(Confidentiality, endnote 3)

data protection legislation

(Confidentiality 9e)

death

disclosing confidential information after 
(Confidentiality 70-72)

death certificates

(Confidentiality 71d)

death of patient

decision-making by patients

(Good Medical Practice 21f)

decisions

about potential future events

(Consent 40)

Advance

Authority to make

delegation of

family involvement in

helping patients to make

partnership model for

(Consent 3-6)

patients unable to make

principles of good practice in making

(Consent 1-2)

delay

in provision of information

(Good Medical Practice 66)

in treatment

(Good Medical Practice 7)

delegation

(Good Medical Practice 54)

diagnostic uncertainty
 (Consent 37d)

disagreements, resolving
 (Consent 77-78)

disclosure

extent of to third parties
(Confidentiality: insurance, employment and similar 5-7)

of information about serious communicable diseases
(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 1-20)

of information for education and training purposes
(Confidentiality: education and training 1-17)

of information for insurance, employment and similar purposes
(Confidentiality: insurance, employment and similar 1-8)

of information when acting as an expert witness
(Expert witnesses 17-18)

of personal information without consent
(Confidentiality: reporting gunshot and knife wounds 12-18)

of records for financial and administrative purposes
(Confidentiality: financial and administrative purposes 1-7)

to protect others
(Confidentiality: reporting concerns to the DVLA 1-8)

to the courts
(Confidentiality: insurance, employment and similar 5-7) 

disclosure (of confidential information)

about patients who lack capacity to consent
(Confidentiality 57-63)

after death
(Confidentiality 70-72)

for research
(Confidentiality 40-50)

in public interest
(Confidentiality 8c)

(Confidentiality 36-56)

informing the patient of
(Confidentiality 19)

of genetic information
(Confidentiality 67-69)

required by law
(Confidentiality 8a)

(Confidentiality 17-23)

(Confidentiality, legal annex)

to courts or in litigation
(Confidentiality 21-23)

(Confidentiality, legal annex 11)

to family members
(Confidentiality 64-66)

to protect others
(Confidentiality 53-56)

to protect patient
(Confidentiality 51, 52)

(Confidentiality 63)

with consent
(Confidentiality 8b)

(Confidentiality 24-35)

discrimination

(Good Medical Practice 7)

(Good Medical Practice 46)

expert witness
(Expert witnesses 14)

tackling
 (Leadership and management 7)

dispensing

repeat
 (Prescribing 33-38)

disposal of health records

(Confidentiality 12)

domestic violence

disclosure of information about
(Confidentiality 51)

(Confidentiality 54)

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA)

reporting concerns about patients to the
(Confidentiality: reporting concerns to the DVLA 1-8)

drivers

(Confidentiality: reporting concerns to the DVLA 1-8)

duties of a doctor in the workplace

(Leadership and management 1-2)

Duties of a doctor registered with the GMC

(Duties of a doctor)

DVLA

reporting concerns to
(Confidentiality 4a)