A qualitative exploration of mental health nurses’ decision-making processes regarding confidentiality and disclosure of patient information
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Doctor of PhilosophyAuthor/s
Conlon, Darren MartinAbstract
Mental health nurses have a duty of confidentiality to their patients. However, they routinely face difficult decisions regarding confidentiality and disclosure of patient information, when patients are assessed as a potential credible risk to self or others. At common law, there ...
See moreMental health nurses have a duty of confidentiality to their patients. However, they routinely face difficult decisions regarding confidentiality and disclosure of patient information, when patients are assessed as a potential credible risk to self or others. At common law, there is a public interest in protecting patient confidentiality, and a competing public interest in disclosing relevant confidential information to protect the patient or others from harm. Unfortunately, confidentiality and risk-actuated public interest disclosure-related decision-making is poorly understood by mental health nurses. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to explore these decision-making processes of mental health nurses, with a view to considering how their knowledge and practice of this important area of nursing can be improved.
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See moreMental health nurses have a duty of confidentiality to their patients. However, they routinely face difficult decisions regarding confidentiality and disclosure of patient information, when patients are assessed as a potential credible risk to self or others. At common law, there is a public interest in protecting patient confidentiality, and a competing public interest in disclosing relevant confidential information to protect the patient or others from harm. Unfortunately, confidentiality and risk-actuated public interest disclosure-related decision-making is poorly understood by mental health nurses. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to explore these decision-making processes of mental health nurses, with a view to considering how their knowledge and practice of this important area of nursing can be improved.
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Date
2024Licence
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The author retains copyright of this thesis. It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permission.Faculty/School
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and MidwiferyAwarding institution
The University of SydneyShare