In other. Nearly all jurisdictions have used Taraoff>> as a guide in determining the rights and responsibilities of the patient and responsibilities of the patient and the health care professional. To decrease the risk of civil litigation and liability, it is recommended that nurses research and discuss the laws specific to the state in which they practice.
What about confidentiality?
In today’s professional nursing environment, patient confidentiality is paramount. As such, a comparison must be made between legal “duty” and the requirements of patient confidentiality. Today, it would be difficult to find a person who has not heard of the legally protected confidentiality between doctor-patient, attorney-client, priest-parishioner, or husband – wife. Most health care professionals are familiar with the concept of doctor-patient confidentiality. This privilege protects the information discussed between the patient and physician where the letter cannot be compelled, absent prevailing law or the patient‘s voluntary relinquishment, to discuss material confided and entrusted to him or her by the patient
Even with the current emphasis on confidentiality and privacy, there is a lack of legal information or court decisions detailing the communications between nurse and patients. Interestingly, as of January 2010, the author was unable to find any instances of legally protected confidentiality created between a nurse and a portent. To further complicate matters, the federal government passed major legislation in the mid-1990 further restricting what patient information can be shared or discussed.
The health insurance Portability and accountability act of 1996