Guideline 4: Patient privacy & confidentiality
10 out of 14Specific strategies
Understand patients' preferences for how information will be shared with their family
- Ask patients if they are happy for you to speak with family member/s without them present.
- If patients are happy for separate conversations with family to occur, understand how much information you can disclose to the family without the patient present. 25,35
- Some patients prefer that any discussions between family and clinician occur only when they are present. 8,36
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- “[Patient], it’s important that I know what to do if a family member calls or visits me and asks for information about you. In most situations, I cannot talk about you without your permission. Do you give permission for me to speak with a family member without you being present, or would you prefer if we always talk when you are here?”
- [If patient permission is given]: “Is there anything specifically that you don’t want me to discuss with your family member?
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