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http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1277| Title: | Managing confidentiality in rural welfare practice in Australia. |
| Author: | Green, Rosemary Mason, Robyn |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publication Title: | Rural Social Work. |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page: | 34 |
| End Page: | 43 |
| Description: | In rural areas, managing confidentiality can be complex. There are three issues to be addressed for professional practice in rural areas: guarding privileged knowledge, use of client-related knowledge gained informally, and rural service delivery considerations, that protect client privacy and confidentiality. In 2000, a research project , sponsored by the University of Ballarat, explored these issues with rural social work and welfare practitioners in the Grampians Region of Victoria. Using a range of methods, including mailed questionnaires (23 respondents), forums (attendance approximately 40), and six individual, in-depth interviews, questions were asked relating to rural practice, and particularly professional and personal boundaries. Significant concern was expressed about managing dual and multiple relationships where information is received in a variety of ways. Other concerns highlighted the dilemmas confronting rural social welfare workers about community expectations and duty to warn, and protecting clients from gossip and innuendo. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1277 |
| Internal ID Number: | 01259 |
| Health Subject: | CONFIDENTIALITY RURAL SOCIAL WORK RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY PRIVILEGED KNOWLEDGE |
| Type: | Journal Article Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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