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Respond to two Bianunka and Zenabou

· By sharing cultural considerations that may impact the legal or ethical issues present in their articles.

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· Respond to Biaunka By sharing cultural considerations that may impact the legal or ethical issues present in their articles. Remember 2 citations , two references for Biaunka.

 

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Legal/ ethical considerations for adults

 

Respect for patients’ confidentiality and privacy are considered to be patients’ rights. Confidentiality is the primary virtue for building confidence in a psychiatrist relationship. Although the law considers confidentiality to be absolute except in legal cases, confidentiality violations are often inevitable despite attempts to protect the confidentiality, yet not generally unethical. Since 1996 the United States of America has adopted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); all healthcare providers should recognize HIPAA to protect patient information. The HIPAA also includes provisions for the preservation, review of records, and special techniques for preventing data abuse (Sidhu & Srinivasaraghavan, 2016).

 

HIPAA permit health care providers to communicate with family members of the patient, relatives, or those interested in the care of the patient; Listen to family members about their loved ones being treated for mental health; Communicate to the law enforcement authorities regarding the discharge of a patient brought to an emergency psychiatric hospital( Sidhu & Srinivasaraghavan, 2016).

 

Legal/ethical Considerations for Children/Adolescents

 

Adolescents have the same right to confidentiality as adults. Privacy has an effect on adolescents-provider relationships, and lack of confidentiality may be a significant barrier to seeking health care. Children under the age of 18 will be challenging because we do not know their maturity to be compatible with their autonomy and decision-making abilities. Keeping their details confidential, making them accountable, and not telling their parents about their health-related concerns will be challenging (Noroozi et al., 2018).

High-risk activity in adolescents is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. Adolescents who seek health services and disclose their involvement in high-risk activities may have confidentiality issues. The fear of violation of confidentiality is the main reason why adolescents, particularly those at high risk, do not seek health care (Noroozi et al., 2018).

 

Considering the legal context, the implementation of well-established protocols and the required partnership with adolescents was important to respect confidentiality and reduce adolescents’ barriers to appeal to the health care system (Noroozi et al., 2018).

Among patients seeking treatment, most (though not all) support the electronic exchange of medical information among providers. At the same time, these individuals wish to have power over who has access to what information. In particular, patients tend to keep control over which members of the health care team have access to their confidential medical details, including documents providing information on mental health and drug abuse.

           

  Clinical Practice

 

While HIPAA requires treatment providers to share specific types of mental health data without specific patient consent, it does not prevent providers from taking additional measures to protect the privacy and confidentiality of mental health information, such as seeking consent from patients prior to the disclosure of information to other providers or restricting mental health information (Raveesh  & Munoli, 2020). Providers should give high priority to informed consent—patients should have a clear understanding of what information in the medical records is accessible to other providers, including problem lists, medication lists, and schedules for visits to mental health providers (Raveesh  & Munoli, 2020).

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