There is a strict code of confidentiality.
One youth worker I spoke to complained of police intrusion into his work, of being pressurised to reveal details about his clients and to breach his professional code of confidentiality.
These moments are rare and fleeting because an unwritten code of confidentiality, of the sort shared by members of the same club, ensures that the rest of us are kept in the dark.
Bearing in mind the ethical code of confidentiality ruling adoptive families, the first contact asking for cooperation was made by the adoption professionals in public agencies who had been responsible for the family file.
NHS code of confidentiality and Data protection will be adhered to.
All study documentation will be held in secure offices and the research team will operate to a signed code of confidentiality.
All data will be handled, stored and protected in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998) and the NHS Code of Confidentiality (2003).
On the other hand, interpreters can facilitate communication if they work as communication aids and are respectful, keeping the code of confidentiality and have a professional attitude [ 57].
He suggested that clearer instructions were required, to reassure patients that interpreters are bound by a code of confidentiality but also that are unable to play an advocacy role.
In addition normal codes of medical confidentiality were instituted with efforts to ensure that HIV results and medications were entered into the medical files and drug charts, and that a patient's HIV status was appropriately shared by staff caring for patients.
