Confidentiality dilemmas in clinical education.
Through an analysis of three cases, this article illustrates many of the subtleties of ethical discernment involved during clinical fieldwork rotations when allied health students decide to withhold information about their disabilities. By law in the United States, educators are bound to uphold students' confidentiality in this regard. However, this analysis examines many of the complexities that clinical coordinators, preceptors, and students must grasp when faced with conflicting ethical duties.
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.
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D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003219:Confidentiality; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D014481:United States