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Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge
Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully un...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25032089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-320 |
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author | Jackson, Margot Karen Burns, Katharina Kovacs Richter, Magdalena S |
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description | Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully understand the scope of this topic, a systemic review of several pieces of legislation and guidelines related to this topic are examined. These include the: Canadian Human Rights Act, Children’s Rights: International and National Laws and Practices, Health Information Act, Gillick Competence and Medical Emancipation, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Common Law Mature Minor Doctrine, and Alberta Health Services Consent to Treatment/Practice(s) Minor/Mature Minor. In order to assist health professionals with decisions regarding confidentiality and treatment with minor clients a case study and guide for decision-making is also presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-40947612014-07-16 Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge Jackson, Margot Karen Burns, Katharina Kovacs Richter, Magdalena S Springerplus Research Issues relating to confidentiality and consent for physical and mental health treatment with minor clients can pose challenges health care providers. Decisions need to be made regarding these issues despite the absence of clear, direct, or comprehensive policies and legislation. In order to fully understand the scope of this topic, a systemic review of several pieces of legislation and guidelines related to this topic are examined. These include the: Canadian Human Rights Act, Children’s Rights: International and National Laws and Practices, Health Information Act, Gillick Competence and Medical Emancipation, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Common Law Mature Minor Doctrine, and Alberta Health Services Consent to Treatment/Practice(s) Minor/Mature Minor. In order to assist health professionals with decisions regarding confidentiality and treatment with minor clients a case study and guide for decision-making is also presented. Springer International Publishing 2014-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4094761/ /pubmed/25032089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-320 Text en © Jackson et al.; licensee Springer. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Jackson, Margot Karen Burns, Katharina Kovacs Richter, Magdalena S Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title | Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title_full | Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title_fullStr | Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title_full_unstemmed | Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title_short | Confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
title_sort | confidentiality and treatment decisions of minor clients: a health professional’s dilemma & policy makers challenge |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25032089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-320 |
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