A-Z of ethical guidance

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

raising concerns

about patient safety (Raising Concerns, paragraphs 1-12)

disclosure of information when raising (Confidentiality, paragraph 21)

for patient safety (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 6)

making concern public (Raising Concerns, paragraph 11)

notification of within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 6)

obstacles to reporting (Raising Concerns, paragraph 4)

over public media recordings (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 28)

raising concerns (Management, paragraphs 24-25)

raising concerns (Management, paragraph 45)

reluctance to (Raising Concerns, paragraph 4)

reporting of (Confidentiality FAQs, question 16)

when to contact an outside body (Raising Concerns, paragraph 10)

who to contact (Raising concerns, paragraph 7)

who to contact (Raising concerns, paragraph 12)

randomisation (Research, paragraph 20)

recommendation fees (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 9)

record-keeping

during research (Research, paragraph 41)

during research (Research, paragraph 42)

for intimate examinations (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 13)

in management (Management, paragraphs 26-27)

recording decisions on life-prolonging treatments (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 63)

training for (Management, paragraph 42)

when raising concerns (Raising Concerns, paragraph 9)

when prescribing drugs outside terms of their licence (Prescribing, paragraph 20)

recordings (visual and audio)

basic principles (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 1-4)

existing collections for teaching (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 15-16)

for which permission is required (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 7-22)

hospital policy on (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 20)

identification of patients on (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 9-10)

made as part of patient assessment or treatment (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 7-11)

made for training audit research or medico-legal reasons (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 12-14)

of emergency treatment or unconscious patients (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 17-20)

public access to (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 23-28)

raising concerns with programme makers (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 28)

telephone calls (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 21-22)

when permission is not required (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraphs 5-6)

records

access to records by administrative staff (Confidentiality FAQs, question 3)

access to (Research, paragraph 33)

analyses of (Research, paragraph 3)

disclosure in public interest (Research, paragraphs 37-40)

disclosure to statutory regulatory bodies (Confidentiality, paragraph 21)

maintenance of folder of information and evidence (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 14a)

passing on after ending relationship (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 40)

recording of disclosure in case of gunshot wounds (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 6)

recordings as part of (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 9)

storage and disposal (Management, paragraph 27)

time of recording (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3g)

use of existing in research (Research, paragraphs 31-33)

what to include in (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3f)

records-based research, guidance for (Research, paragraph 6)

references, provision of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 19)

referral fees (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 8)

referrals

accountability when referring (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 55)

comparison with delegation (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 55)

for best interests (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 2c)

referral (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 55)

respect of patient's right to second opinion (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3e)

sharing information with colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 51)

within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 6)

refusal to take part in research (Research, paragraph 49)

refusal of treatment

advance refusal in emergencies (Research, paragraph 53)

by competent patients (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 13)

refusal of treatment (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 42)

refusal to treat

religious beliefs of doctor and (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 8)

risk to doctor from patient's medical condition and (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 10)

registration

informing the GMC of restrictions (Reporting Convictions, paragraph 5)

threshold for taking action (Reporting Convictions, paragraph 6)

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 11)

regulatory bodies

regulatory bodies (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 44)

Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority (Transplantation of Organs, paragraph 5)

when referring (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 55)

regulatory proceedings, when to inform the GMC (Reporting Convictions, paragraphs 5-8)

relationships

after sexualised behaviour by patients (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 26)

avoidance of treating those close to you (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 5)

continuing care after (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 40)

ending relationships with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 38-40)

improper relationships with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 32)

justification of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 39)

reasons for (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 38)

with current and former patients (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraphs 4-8)

with children (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 24-28)

with colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 1)

with colleagues (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 41-55)

with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 1)

with patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 20-40)

with young people (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 24-28)

relatives

best interests of patient (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 15)

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

consideration towards (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 29)

decisions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 87)

decisions on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 90)

disclosure of information to after patient's death (Confidentiality FAQs, question 18)

distress and disclosure of information after death (Confidentiality, paragraph 30)

emergencies and research (Research, paragraph 52)

involvement in decision-making (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 5)

live organ transplantation between (Transplantation of Organs, paragraph 7)

of dying patients (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 26-27)

removal and retention of material at post-mortem (Research, paragraphs 28-29)

role of third-parties in obtaining consent (Consent, paragraph 11)

religious beliefs

conflict with procedures (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 8)

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

remote prescribing (Prescribing, paragraphs 38-42)

repeat dispensing (Prescribing, paragraphs 32-37)

repeat prescriptions (Prescribing, paragraphs 29-31)

reporting

consent for reports to third parties (Confidentiality, paragraph 17)

failure of systems (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 2)

of gunshot wounds (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 1)

reporting concerns

on sexualised behaviour (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraphs 20-26)

reporting concerns (Management, paragraphs 24-25)

within research (Research, paragraph 9)

reporting fraud (Research, paragraph 10)

reporting procedures (Management, paragraph 15)

reporting results (Research, paragraph 42)

reporting structures for supervision (Management, paragraph 14)

reports, written (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 63)

research

capacity of patients and (Consent, paragraph 37)

completion of (Research, paragraph 5)

confidentiality (Research, paragraphs 30-42)

consent (Consent, paragraphs 35-37)

consent for organs tissues or body fluids (Research, paragraphs 23-26)

consent within (Research, paragraphs 15-29)

definition (Research, paragraph 3)

design of (Research, paragraphs 11-12)

disclosure of information for (Confidentiality, paragraph 16)

disclosure of information for (Confidentiality FAQs, question 10)

ethical duties of doctors involved in (Research, paragraph 2)

funding and payments (Research, paragraph 14)

guidelines to follow (Research, paragraph 7)

in children and young people (Research, paragraphs 55-58)

in emergencies (Research, paragraphs 51-54)

in mental incapacity (Research, paragraphs 47-49)

management of patient information (Management, paragraph 36)

principles governing practice of (Research, paragraphs 5-7)

provision of information (Confidentiality, paragraph 7)

provision of information (Research, paragraph 20)

reporting of concerns (Research, paragraph 9)

reporting results (Research, paragraph 42)

research (Good Medical Practice, paragraphs 70-71)

responsibility in (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 71)

special considerations (Research, paragraphs 43-58)

without approval of ethics committees (Research, paragraphs 35-36)

resources

competing demands on (Management, paragraphs 21-22)

priority and (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 25)

protection of patients from lack (Raising Concerns, paragraph 1)

resource management (Management, paragraph 17)

respect for human life (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 9-11)

responsibility

as team leader in research (Research, paragraph 64)

case law on life-prolonging treatments in (Withholding and Withdrawing, Appendix A)

collective (Management, paragraph 50)

delegation of (Management, paragraph 53)

establishment of scope (Management, paragraph 19)

establishment with employers (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 3)

for after-care (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 53)

for assessing best interests (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 53-55)

for informing police of gunshot wounds (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 3)

for investigating incidents and complaints (Management, paragraph 45)

for repeat dispensing (Prescribing, paragraph 36)

for repeat prescriptions (Prescribing, paragraph 30)

for supervision of research or teaching (Research, paragraph 60)

for supervision of staff (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 17)

for withholding or withdrawing care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 30)

for withholding or withdrawing care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 32)

in life-prolonging treatment (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 4)

in management (Management, paragraphs 19-25)

in organ transplantation (Transplantation of Organs, paragraph 8)

in research (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 71)

leading a team (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 42)

management responsibility (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 45)

management responsibility (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 41c)

management role (Management, paragraph 3)

managerial (Research, paragraphs 62-64)

of individually contracted GPs (Management, paragraph 29)

to avoid conflicts of interest (Conflicts of Interest, paragraph 6)

when delegating (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 54)

when obtaining consent (Consent, paragraph 14)

when prescribing drugs outside terms of their licence (Prescribing, paragraph 20)

when prescribing for outpatients (Prescribing, paragraphs 25-27)

when referring (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 55)

within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 1)

within teams (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 41c)

reviewing decisions (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 64-65)

risk management (Raising Concerns, paragraph 5)

risks

disclosure of information in public interest (Confidentiality, paragraph 24)

in gunshot wounds (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 4)

potential cf benefits in research (Research, paragraph 5)

reporting on risk to patients (Raising Concerns, paragraph 3)

Road Traffic Act 1988 (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)

road traffic offences (Reporting Convictions, paragraph 4)