A-Z of ethical guidance

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S listings

safety of medicines (Confidentiality FAQs, question 7)

scientific fraud within research (Research, paragraph 10)

 

Scotland

information sharing with social services (Confidentiality FAQs, question 4)

law on adults with incapacity (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 15)

law on adults with incapacity (Withholding and Withdrawing, Appendix A)

 

screening, consent to (Consent, paragraph 33)

 

second opinion

assessment of capacity (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 51)

before withholding or withdrawing care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 35)

patient's right to (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 16)

respect of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 3e)

seeking in emergency treatment research (Research, paragraph 54)

 

self-care

support of patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 4)

support of patients (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 21e)

support of patients (Duties of a doctor)

doctors (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 77)

 

self-review (Management, paragraph 33)

sensitivity (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 44-48)

service plans (Management, paragraph 56)

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

Sex Offenders Act 1997 (Confidentiality FAQs, question 14)

sexual advances (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 20)

sexual assault (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 21)

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

 

sexualised behaviour

sexualised behaviour (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraphs 20-26)

 

side effects

information on (Consent, paragraph 5)

monitoring repeat prescriptions (Prescribing, paragraph 31)

provision of information (Confidentiality, paragraph 7)

provision of information on when prescribing (Prescribing, paragraph 21)

when choosing life-prolonging treatment (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 36)

 

signers (Consent, paragraph 13)

 

skills

keeping up to date (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 1)

professional obligations and skills (Management, paragraph 37)

 

slimming clinics (Prescribing, paragraphs 43-44)

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

social services, passing information to (Confidentiality FAQs, question 4)

solicitor, disclosure of information to (Confidentiality, paragraph 20)

sponsorship (Conflicts of Interest, paragraphs 11-12)

 

standard of care

providing a good standard of practice and care (Duties of a doctor)

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

within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 2)

 

statutory duty for disclosure of information (Research, paragraph 36)

statutory regulatory bodies, disclosure of information to (Confidentiality, paragraph 21)

sterilisation, court approval for (Consent, paragraph 26)

storage of information (Research, paragraph 20)

 

students

appraisal of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 18)

intimate examinations in anaesthetised patients (Maintaining Boundaries, paragraph 19)

patient rights and trainee doctors (Management, paragraph 35)

research supervision (Research, paragraph 60)

teaching of good research practice (Research, paragraph 59)

 

subcutaneous hydration (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 78)

 

supervision

of staff (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 17)

personal and by reporting structures (Management, paragraph 14)

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

 

support

of colleagues with problems (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 41e)

 

suspension (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 59)