A-Z of ethical guidance

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pain

alleviation of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3d)

perception of (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 22)

relief in the dying patient (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 26)

 

palliative care

communicating decisions on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 61)

palliative care (Good Medical Practice 3d)

palliative care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 26)

reviewing decisions on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 64)

seeking patient's views (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 43)

 

parental responsibility

consent for removal and retention of material at post-mortem of children (Research, paragraph 28)

consent in children (Consent, paragraphs 23-24)

life-prolonging treatments in children (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 67-77)

reaching consensus on treatment (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 72)

 

partners

confidentiality when dealing with (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 29)

consideration towards (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 29)

 

pathology slides (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 5)

Patient Group Directions (Prescribing, paragraph 28)

patient information, sufficient for consent (Consent, paragraphs 4-8)

Patient Information Advisory Group (Confidentiality FAQs, question 6)

patient interests, raising concerns over public media recordings (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 28)

 

patient rights

to confidentiality (Confidentiality, paragraphs 1-3)

trainee doctors (Management, paragraph 36)

when treatment conflicts with religious beliefs of doctor (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 8)

 

patient safety

awareness of needs and welfare of children (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 24)

conduct and performance of colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 43)

honest appraisals and (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 18)

in research (Research, paragraph 63)

inadequate resources and (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 9)

raising concerns on (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 6)

raising concerns on (Raising Concerns, paragraphs 1-12)

responding to incidents or complaints (Management, paragraphs 44-45)

responsibility of managers (Management, paragraph 4)

sharing information with colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 50)

when patient is at risk of death or serious harm (Raising Concerns, paragraph 6)

when reporting sexualised behaviour (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 24)

 

patient support groups, information provision (Consent, paragraph 13)

 

patients

audio and visual recordings of (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 1-28)

improper emotional relationships with (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraphs 4-8)

seeking views of (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 41-43)

sexual relationships with (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraphs 4-8)

sexualised behaviour by (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 26)

social contact with (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 7)

 

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 78)

 

performance

as affected by personal illness (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 79)

maintaining and improving (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 14)

 

performance reviews

constructive responses to (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 14e)

in management (Management, paragraph 33)

within teams (Management, paragraph 50)

 

permanent/persistent vegetative state

case law (Withholding and Withdrawing, Appendix A)

dilemmas associated with (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 3)

withdrawal of artificial nutrition (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 82)

withdrawal of life support (Consent, paragraph 26)

 

personal beliefs

avoidance of discrimination because of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 7)

avoidance of discrimination because of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 46)

expression of to patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 33)

procedures that conflict with (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 8)

 

personal health (Management, paragraphs 58-59)

personal relationships, avoidance of providing care within (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 5)

 

pharmaceutical companies

as conflicts of interest (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 1)

declaration of sponsorship by (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 12)

financial interests in (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 75)

 

pharmacists

doctors' interests in (Prescribing, paragraphs 10-12)

repeat dispensing by (Prescribing, paragraph 32)

 

photographs

consent for publication (Confidentiality FAQs, question 11)

consent for use in teaching (Confidentiality FAQs, question 12)

 

police

disclosure of information in public interest (Confidentiality FAQs, question 14)

reporting of gunshot wounds (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 1)

sexual assault (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 21)

what happens when a doctor is charged with an offence (Reporting Convictions, paragraph 2)

 

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Gunshot wounds)

police officers, disclosure of information to (Confidentiality, paragraph 20)

political beliefs, expression of to patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 33)

 

post-mortem examinations,

consent to obtain organs tissues and body fluids at (Research, paragraphs 27-29)

permission for recording (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 8)

removal and retention of material (Research, paragraph 26)

removal and retention of material (Research, paragraphs 27-29)

 

pregnant women, participation in research (Research, paragraph 43)

premature infants, life-prolonging treatments in (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 67)

 

prescribing

competence for (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3b)

controlled drugs (Prescribing, paragraphs 13-16)

for children (Prescribing, paragraph 19

for children (Prescribing, paragraph 22)

for convenience (Prescribing, paragraph 3)

for outpatients (Prescribing, paragraphs 25-27)

for patient's best interests (Prescribing, paragraphs 5-7)

of anti-obesity medicines (Prescribing, paragraph 43)

of unlicensed medicines (Prescribing, paragraph 18)

off-label (Prescribing, paragraphs 19-20)

on recommendation of others (Prescribing, paragraph 7)

overseas (Prescribing, paragraph 42)

principles of (Prescribing, paragraphs 1-4)

provision of information to GPs on (Prescribing, paragraphs 8-9)

published guidelines for (Prescribing, paragraph 45)

remote (Prescribing, paragraphs 38-42)

repeat dispensing (Prescribing, paragraphs 32-37)

repeat prescriptions (Prescribing, paragraphs 29-31)

to those close to you (Prescribing, paragraph 4)

to those close to you (Prescribing, paragraphs 13-16)

to yourself (Prescribing, paragraphs 13-16)

unlicensed drugs (Prescribing, paragraph 23)

 

Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)

 

prioritising

by clinical need (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 9)

prioritising (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 25)

 

prisoners, vulnerability and consent (Consent, paragraph 17)

privacy (Confidentiality, paragraph 5)

privacy of patient (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 21d)

 

private treatment

private treatment (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 72e)

private treatment, coercion for (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 1)

 

probity

in management (Management, paragraphs 54-57)

probity (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 56-76)

 

procurator fiscal

procurator fiscal (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 8)

provision of information to (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 69)

 

professional development

in management (Management, paragraph 32)

in research practice (Research, paragraph 59)

 

professional indemnity cover (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 34)

professional relationships (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 46)

 

prognosis

information on (Consent, paragraph 5)

patient information and consent (Consent, paragraph 4)

provision of information (Confidentiality, paragraph 7)

withholding or withdrawing care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 33-35)

 

protection of information (Confidentiality, paragraphs 4-5)

 

provision of information

and consent (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 36)

as witness (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 67)

at referral (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 51)

details required (Research, paragraph 20)

for consent to research (Research, paragraphs 17-19)

for consent to research (Consent, paragraph 36)

for life-prolonging treatments in children (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 74)

on criminal proceedings (Reporting Convictions, paragraphs 1-9)

on drug licences (Prescribing, paragraphs 21-24)

on fees and charges (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 72a)

on financial interests (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 76)

on financial interests (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 7)

on pharmacies (Prescribing, paragraphs 10-12)

on suspension (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 59)

provision of information (Confidentiality, paragraph 7)

published (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 60)

to formal inquiry (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 68)

to GMC of cautions, criminal offences etc. (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 58)

to GPs on prescribing (Prescribing, paragraphs 8-9)

to relatives at post-mortem (Research, paragraph 29)

to vulnerable adults (Research, paragraph 44)

unreasonable delay (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 66)

when delegating (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 54)

when prescribing off-label (Prescribing, paragraphs 21-24)

when reaching consensus on life-prolonging treatments (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 56-57)

when recording (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 13-14)

when remote prescribing (Prescribing, paragraphs 39-40)

with colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 50-53)

with general practitioner (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 52-53)

with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 22-23)

with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 30-31)

 

psychiatrists, delegation by (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 6)

Public Concern at Work (Raising Concerns, paragraph 12)

 

public health

disclosure of information for (Confidentiality FAQs, question 7)

duty to protect and promote (Duties of a doctor)

provision of information (Confidentiality, paragraph 7)

 

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)

public health organisations, co-operation with requests for information from (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 14i)

public health surveillance (Research, paragraph 30)

 

public interest

determination of (Confidentiality, paragraph 26)

disclosure of information (Confidentiality, paragraphs 22-26)

disclosure of information (Confidentiality FAQs, question 14-17)

disclosure of information (Research, paragraphs 37-40)

disclosure of information without consent (Confidentiality, paragraph 16)

vs confidentiality (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 6)

vs confidentiality (Research, paragraph 39)

 

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (Raising Concerns, paragraph 4)

public media, recordings for (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 23-28)

publication, after patient's death (Confidentiality FAQs, question 19)