A-Z of ethical guidance

safe havens

(Confidentiality 49a)

school students

work experience and confidentiality
(Confidentiality: education and training 12)

Scotland

Privacy Advisory Committee
(Confidentiality 47)

Scotland, Privacy Advisory Committee

(Confidentiality 47)

Scottish Care Commission

(Confidentiality, legal annex 6)

screening

(Consent 1)

(Consent Endnote 1)

second opinion

(Good Medical Practice 3e)

secondary uses

disclosing information for
(Confidentiality 40-50)

security of computer systems

(Confidentiality 14-16)

self-care

• (Good Medical Practice 4)
  
• (Good Medical Practice 21e)
  
  

self-treatment

(Good Medical Practice 77)

(Prescribing 4)

serious communicable diseases

(Good Medical Practice 78)

disclosing information about

(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 1-20)

informing sexual contacts of patients with

(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 10-11)

injuries to healthcare workers and others

(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 17-18)

recording on death certificates

(Confidentiality: serious communicable diseases 19)

serious harm

(Confidentiality 51-56)

(Confidentiality 63)

service planning

disclosing confidential information for
(Confidentiality 7)

sex offenders

disclosing confidential information about
(Confidentiality 56)

sexual relationships

(Good Medical Practice 32)

children and young people
(0-18 years 64-69)

with patients
(Maintaining Boundaries 4-8)

sexualised behaviour

by doctors
(Maintaining Boundaries 20-25)

by patients
(Maintaining Boundaries 26)

sharing information

about options for investigations

(Consent 2)

(Consent 18-21)

about risks

(Consent 28-35)

child protection

(0-18 years 59-63)

obstacles to

(Consent 23-25)

public interest, children and young people

(0-18 years 47-50)

required by law, children and young people

(0-18 years 52)

research

(Consent to research 4-6)

sexual activity of children and young people

(0-18 years 64-69)

where children lack capacity

(0-18 years 51)

with children and young people

(0-18 years 17-19)

with consent of children and young people

(0-18 years 44-45)

with parents

(0-18 years 21)

(0-18 years 27-28)

with patients

(Consent 7-25)

(side effects, see risks)

with patients about the license for their medicines

(Prescribing 21-24)

with patient’s GP

(Prescribing 8-9)

(Conflicts of Interest 9)

with research participants GP

(Consent to research 12-13)

without consent of children and young people

(0-18 years 46-52)

skills up-to-date

(Good Medical Practice 1)

(Good Medical Practice 12)

 

solicitors

disclosing confidential information to
(Confidentiality 22)

Sponsorship

of conferences and meetings
(Conflicts of Interest 17-18)

staff

duty of confidentiality
(Confidentiality 28)

student appraisal

(Good Medical Practice 18)

supervision of staff

(Good Medical Practice 17)

(Good Medical Practice 42)

suspension

(Good Medical Practice 59)