A 19 year old woman attends for contraception and discloses that she occasionally injects heroin. She is otherwise stable and requests confidentiality...

Question

A 19 year old woman attends for contraception and discloses that she occasionally injects heroin. She is otherwise stable and requests confidentiality from her parents. She is Gillick competent. What should you do regarding information sharing?

Accepted Answer

Provide care confidentially but encourage her to involve appropriate support services

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Automatically inform her parents

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Inform the police without her consent

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Refuse to provide contraception because of drug use

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Share information with her university without consent

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Confidentiality in competent young person

A 19 year old woman attends for contraception and discloses that she occasionally injects heroin. She is otherwise stable and requests confidentiality from her parents. She is Gillick competent. What should you do regarding information sharing?