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  • Title: Confidentiality of employee health records: ethical and legal dilemmas for occupational health nurses.
    Author: McHugh J.
    Journal: AAOHN J; 2003 Sep; 51(9):378-83. PubMed ID: 14510033.
    Abstract:
    Health professionals must be familiar with regulations and statutes addressing privacy and confidentiality issues. The occupational health nurse must also be aware of specific limitations and exceptions to confidentiality. Occupational health nurses must become proactive in governmental affairs to lobby for changes to include workplace health records in future legislation. To ensure employee trust, occupational health nurses must maintain their ethical and legal responsibility to act morally when making decisions related to confidentiality. The AAOHN Code of Ethics and Interpretive Statements and the AAOHN Position Statement on Confidentiality of Health Information can be used as frameworks to guide occupational health nursing practice.
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