Ethical Recordkeeping

Abstract

Ethical recordkeeping is new to this edition and begins by identifying the purposes of good recordkeeping. The chapter then addresses seven ethical issues related to recordkeeping, including privacy, accuracy, confidentiality, access, communication, documentation, and retention and destruction. Privacy asks: What information should I collect? Accuracy asks: How precise do I need to be? Confidentiality asks: To whom can I disclose information? Access asks: Who should be able to access my records? Communication asks: How should I transmit records? Documentation asks: What information should I record? Retention and destruction ask: How long should I keep records and how should I dispose of them?