Thursday, December 10, 2009
Confidentiality in the work place
Most employers have you sign confidentiality contracts upon employment especially within the health care system. It is of utmost importance that this is not broken. However, suppose you are a nurse or any health-care facilitator and your best friend is dying from a disease and doctors refuse to speak the truth. What would you do? Is it ok to tell your bff because you want to do something to help? Try to save their life? Or is it best to adhere to your contract?
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Well, I have this problem....If I happen to own u up as a friend then that is what you are. Though I respect the medical profession and I am fully aware of the reasoning behind the rules and regulations...its gonna b pretty hard for me to keep a serious health condition a secret like that.
ReplyDeleteBut weigh the situation. If this individual has a life threatening disease then it isnt gonna make them better by telling them. Heck the poor thing could worry him/herself to death. Who would feel guilty then....not the doctors I can tell u. Is it helping by saying it...really??? And if the poor thing freaks out and it goes public that u blabbed ur big mouth....u lose ur job n in a lil while ur friend too...sick n dying n now because of u worried = death quick quick!!! Hmmmm positive side to this is????????
So the flip side.....u dont talk...u lie to ur friend. Chances are ur friend will hate u for keeping it a secret but if its a good friend then he/she will understand. hey they know what ur job entails. he/she will cool off...hopefully before the actually die.....and will forgive u for not saying anything.If not.....then thats another story.....
Point is...you sign it...abide by it....there is no point to blabbin...