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Privacy and confidentiality in social work
- Authors:
- COLLINGRIDGE Mike, MILLER Seumas, BOWLES Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 54(2), June 2001, pp.3-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In the human services confidentiality is a central principle defining the relationship between the worker and the client. In this paper the authors argue that the human services have privileged the notion of confidentiality over the more fundamental right of privacy. They argue there is a persistent confusion between these two concepts and that privacy is an important but neglected ethical concept within human services. The authors discuss the relationship between privacy and confidentiality and identify some of the implications of the privacy concept for practice.