title: Confidentiality. 10: Child care and the duty of confidentiality.
abstract: Jane told Angela White, a paediatric staff nurse, that she was being abused by her father, but did not want anyone to be told. Jane was 14 years old, intelligent and mature for her age. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom