In article <00c701bdd337$fe90b3c0$0100007f@localhost>, Paul Galloway
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>>Pt looks for a doc to register with - chooses - then faced with consent
>>form re sharing of personal information = sounds like a lot of pressure
>>to me.
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>One of those doctors who believes the pressure of informed consent would be
>too much for your patients Jelly? :-)
It is not the informed consent that causes the pressure - but putting
pressure on to an informed consent situation is *wrong* and negates the
word 'consent'
So, I guess the answer to your slightly pointed question is 'no'. And I
would ask - How does my above statement generate that question from you?
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>OK to consent to surgery, but the stress of deciding if they want their
>notes to remain confidential to GP's and nurses in the practice ONLY may be
>too much for them?
See above - watch closely and you might just glimpse the point ;-)
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>>So how many would refuse - not many I think.
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>Depends how you word it. :-)
Yep - so now the wording affects the response rate - wouldnt it be best
if just the pure facts decided the response?
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>>It is our duty to protect confidentiality for our patients - not to
>>suggest systems that pressurise them into giving it up.
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>Is it?
Yes
>I though it was our role to allow grown adults to come to an informed
>decision as to what was in their own interest.
This statement seems intended to argue against my sentence - it does not
- it supports it. Informed consent is good - pressured consent is not.
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>Yes of course practices who do not roll over for their PCG's will be exposed
>to deniable discrimination, shockin' innit !
Nope - just a fact of life - but we should never pretend it doesnt
exist.
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>>Where are the GMC/BMA on this? Christ the GMC are happy to hammer us
>>with buckets of info our responsibilities - and wave a big stick at us -
>>but where are they with their responsibilites in stopping this march
>>into oblivion for patient confidentiality.
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>Agree with you there.
I think your disageement with me is based on an incorrect assumption of
what I was saying.
Cheers :)
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Jelly Bean
'When you get fed up surfing....
.....go find some waves'
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