Does patient/client confidentiality end if the patient dies.?
For example if you were a Psychologist/Psychotherapist and a client commited suicide and you knew the reason for it.
Could you tell the family to ease their confusion and suffering or would this still be unethical?
Answers:
Not at all. I've just had a paitent die on me recently, and I can't even tell their next of kin what happened. I don't know why that law's in place, but it is. I've even had the patient's GP on the phone, but (and here's where it gets ridiculous) I can't give the GP any information without written consent from the (deceased) patient. Don't you just love red tape?
not sure but i think it would still be unethical unless there was some sort of consent given beforehand.
you could tell the family but i would reccommend getting legal advise first as the family could turn against you because you knew something about their relative and could have told them sooner so they might have been able to prevent it happening
it stays confidential. the patient notes gets files in a basement archive and after 10 years its gets microfilmed. but the information stays confidential.
I don't know for certain, but I thought patient/client confidentiality would still remain even after death. This is in case the death was due to a condition which might still prevail in the family. You would have to contact the ethics board of your profession for further advice.
I imagine that this would depend on the deceased wishes that are set out in their will. If there is an executor set up then all legal and financial resposibilites would be passed to them.
Ethically though, im not sure.
I tnhink it is unethical without consent.
The coroner can release his findings (OK, I know that is only physical evidence, not mental state of mind etc) but I am pretty sure that physio can not. For example:
If the reason for the suicide was family related, would this not just make the family member(s) responsibe pretty suicidal themselves? Just a thought.
This makes it really difficult for you because morally you want to, the family deserve or want/need you to, but I feel you should protect the patients rights, whether dead or alive.
If anything happens to him, Keep "Mum"
He may prefer it that way? Telling the whole truth may cause more misery for who is left behind!
No, the confidentiality does not end. A therapist can help the rest of the family without divulging confidential information.
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Could you tell the family to ease their confusion and suffering or would this still be unethical?
Answers:
Not at all. I've just had a paitent die on me recently, and I can't even tell their next of kin what happened. I don't know why that law's in place, but it is. I've even had the patient's GP on the phone, but (and here's where it gets ridiculous) I can't give the GP any information without written consent from the (deceased) patient. Don't you just love red tape?
not sure but i think it would still be unethical unless there was some sort of consent given beforehand.
you could tell the family but i would reccommend getting legal advise first as the family could turn against you because you knew something about their relative and could have told them sooner so they might have been able to prevent it happening
it stays confidential. the patient notes gets files in a basement archive and after 10 years its gets microfilmed. but the information stays confidential.
I don't know for certain, but I thought patient/client confidentiality would still remain even after death. This is in case the death was due to a condition which might still prevail in the family. You would have to contact the ethics board of your profession for further advice.
I imagine that this would depend on the deceased wishes that are set out in their will. If there is an executor set up then all legal and financial resposibilites would be passed to them.
Ethically though, im not sure.
I tnhink it is unethical without consent.
The coroner can release his findings (OK, I know that is only physical evidence, not mental state of mind etc) but I am pretty sure that physio can not. For example:
If the reason for the suicide was family related, would this not just make the family member(s) responsibe pretty suicidal themselves? Just a thought.
This makes it really difficult for you because morally you want to, the family deserve or want/need you to, but I feel you should protect the patients rights, whether dead or alive.
If anything happens to him, Keep "Mum"
He may prefer it that way? Telling the whole truth may cause more misery for who is left behind!
No, the confidentiality does not end. A therapist can help the rest of the family without divulging confidential information.
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