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Confidentiality and Truthfulness There are three types of confidentiality: 1. A person is obliged to keep information about another person in confidence if that information could hurt that person in any way. We are obliged to keep knowledge of a co-worker being in the hospital from others at work since this may cause him unnecessary embarrassment. This does not hold true if we have knowledge that a person with AIDS plans to donate blood, despite discouragement. …

…ethical dilemmas in real-world situations. Knowing what constitutes negligence makes the legal implications of being a healthcare worker less vague and confusing, and better enables healthcare workers to protect themselves and their patients by identifying specific standards of care. Clearly, a healthcare worker who understands duty to care, breach of duty, and what constitutes injury and proximate cause, is likely to practice in a manner that is both protective of his licensure a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**