An important practice standard for all health professionals is confidentiality and disclosure. There are, however, situations that develop where breaking confidentiality and disclosing information about a person is necessary. These situations are often considered grey areas within ethics and the law.

1. Under what circumstances might you conclude that you must report someone who has a sexually transmitted infection?
2. Under what circumstances might you conclude that you must report an adult family member based on observations made while treating a client in the home?
3. Under what circumstances might you conclude that you must report a work colleague's health condition?
4. Under what circumstances might you conclude that you must report a friend's insistence on continuing to drive?
5. Under what circumstances might you conclude that you must report a friend's diagnosis of a mental illness?