Privacy and confidentiality in social work |
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Authors: | Mike Collingridge Seumas Miller Wendy Bowles |
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Affiliation: | 1. Charles Sturt University , E-mail: mcollingndge@csu.edu.au;2. Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University ,;3. Charles Sturt University , |
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Abstract: | Abstract In the human services confidentiality is a central principle defining the relationship between the worker and the client. In this paper the authors argue that the human services have privileged the notion of confidentiality over the more fundamental right of privacy. They argue there is a persistent confusion between these two concepts and that privacy is an important but neglected ethical concept within human services. The authors discuss the relationship between privacy and confidentiality and identii some of the implications of the privacy concept for practice. |
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Keywords: | ethics social work privacy confidentiality |
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