A-Z of ethical guidance

identification

(Good Medical Practice 35)

illness, consulting colleagues on

(Good Medical Practice 79)

immunisation

(Good Medical Practice 78)

improper relationships with patients

(Maintaining Boundaries)

(Good Medical Practice 32)

incident reporting

(Leadership and management 26)

(Raising concerns 11)

indemnity schemes

(Good Medical Practice 34)

independent advice

(Good Medical Practice 6)

Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs)

(Consent 76) 

(Endnotes 17-18)

inducements

(Good Medical Practice 74)

induction and mentoring

importance of
(Leadership and management 53)

induction

providing
(Leadership and management 55)

taking part in
(Leadership and management 54)

information

(Good Medical Practice 36)

(Good Medical Practice 50-53)

(Good Medical Practice 65)

security and disclosure when acting as an expert witness
(Expert witnesses 16-18)

information governance

(Leadership and management 41-47)

importance of
(Leadership and management 41)

injuries to healthcare workers

serious communicable diseases
(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 17-18) 

Inquest

coroner or procurator fiscal’s
(Confidentiality 71a)

inquiries, co-operation with formal inquiries

(Good Medical Practice 68)

institutions providing care or treatment

financial or commercial interests in
(Conflicts of Interest 4-8)

insurance

(Good Medical Practice 34)

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

(Confidentiality 4e)

(Confidentiality 33, 34)

(Confidentiality, endnote 11)

integrity

(Good Medical Practice 1)

(Good Medical Practice 56)

internet

(Confidentiality 13)

internet prescribing

see remote prescribing

interpreters

(Consent 21)

intimate examinations

(Maintaining Boundaries 9, 14-17)

chaperones for
(Maintaining Boundaries 10-13)

consent to
(Maintaining Boundaries 14-19)

intimate examinations of anaesthetised patients

(Maintaining Boundaries 18-19)

investigations

arrangement of
(Good Medical Practice 2b)

benefits and burdens of
(Consent 5)

(Consent 9)

(Consent 33)

discussing options for
(Consent 7-11)

patient's refusal of
(Consent 5c)

(Consent 43)

(Consent 64)

pressure to agree to
(Consent 41-42)

(Consent 43)

side effects, risks and complications of
(see risks)

ISO 27001 Security Management Standard

(Confidentiality, endnote 5)