{"id":125,"date":"2017-04-04T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T05:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.49themes.com\/demos\/chiropractorwp\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2020-09-25T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:50:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtcmassage.com.au\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;contentso_padding&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;col-sm-push-8&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1253&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;imgWrapper&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;col-sm-pull-4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"titleShortcode smallMb\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 as\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Massage you can trust<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"simple-article\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At GTC Massage we pride ourselves our ethical conduct and honest practies. All of our clinics must adhere to these standards which are clearly outlined below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ethical Principles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.1 Practitioners conduct themselves ethically and professionally at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.2 Practitoners render their professional services in accordance with holistic principles for the benefit and wellbeing of patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.3 Practitioners do no harm to patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.4 Practitioners have a commitment to continuing professional education to maintain and improve their professional knowledge, skills and attitudes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.5 Practitioners respect an individual\u2019s autonomy, needs, values, culture and vulnerability in the provision of complementary medicine treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.6 Practitioners accept the rights of individuals and encourage them to make informed choices in relation to their healthcare, and support patients in their search for solutions to their health problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.7 Practitioners recognise their limitations and the competence of other healthcare professionals, and when indicated, recommend that additional opinions and services be sought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.8 Practitioners treat all patients with respect, and do not engage in any form of exploitation for personal advantage whether financial, physical, sexual, emotional, religious or for any other reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Professional Boundary<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.1 The practitioner will not enter into an intimate or sexual relationship with a patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.2 The practitioner will not engage in contact or gestures of a sexual nature to a patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.3 Mammary glands and genitalia of a patient will not be touched or massaged and only professional techniques applied to surrounding tissue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.4 Any internal examination of a patient, even with the consent of the patient, is regarded as indecent assault which is a criminal offence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.5 Any approaches of a sexual nature by a patient must be declined and a note made in the patient\u2019s record.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Personal Information and Confidentiality<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.1 The practitioner will abide by the requirements of State, Territory and Federal privacy and patient record law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.2 The practitioner shall honour the information given by a patient in the therapeutic relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.3 The practitioner shall ensure that there will be no wrongful disclosure, either directly or indirectly, of a patient\u2019s personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.4 Patient records must be securely stored, archived, passed on or disposed of in accordance with State, Territory and Federal patient record law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.5 Appropriate measures shall be in place to ensure that patient information provided by facsimile, email, mobile telephone or other media shall be secure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.6 Patient records must be properly maintained with adequate information of a professional standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.7 The practitioner must act with due care and obtain consent when conveying a patient\u2019s information to another healthcare professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.8 The patient has a right to be adequately informed as to their treatment plan and medicines, and access to their information as far as the law permits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our customer service staff for your all questions!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"appointment\">\n<div class=\"emptySpace40 emptySpace-xs30\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button btnStyle4 btnSize3\" href=\"https:\/\/gtcmassage.com.au\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;contentso_padding&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; 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