HHS 435 Cont Issues, Trends, Health Law Ethics in H & HS Wk4-2

 Right of Privacy   

The right of privacy is a major component of confidentiality.   Chapter 22 discusses the importance and application of this right.   Discuss your ideas in terms of the human service profession of how the  right to privacy can be protected in an evolving, open information  society? What laws pertain specifically to human service workers in  protecting/honoring patient/client confidentiality? Provide a specific  circumstance/case/example drawn from real life.