title: Exploring confidentiality in nursing practice.
abstract: This article discusses the complex issues and dilemmas that nurses need to consider when dealing with confidential information. As well as reviewing situations where patients' rights to confidentiality conflict with public interest, the author discusses nurses' legal, ethical, moral and professional duties when handling confidentiality issues.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woodrow
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D030881:Disclosure; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009732:Nursing Care; D012935:Social Justice