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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821102403321

Autore

Fisher Mary Alice

Titolo

The ethics of conditional confidentiality : a practice model for mental health professionals / / Mary Alice Fisher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-19-023066-5

0-19-934401-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

174.2/9689

Soggetti

Psychotherapist and patient - Moral and ethical aspects

Psychoanalysis - Moral and ethical aspects

Confidential communications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-310) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The ABCs of "Conditional "Confidentiality" : an ethical, legal, and ethical/legal review -- part II. Protecting patients' confidentiality rights with an ethics-based practice model -- part III. Practical considerations.

Sommario/riassunto

Therapists once promised patients ""Everything you tell me will remain in this room."" Today, they can keep that promise only if they are willing to break the laws that now require them to disclose information without patient consent. Most avoid such civil disobedience by placing limits on confidentiality; but ethically speaking, this 'conditional' confidentiality can be difficult to practice. The Ethics of Conditional Confidentiality: A Practice Model for Mental Health Professionals is a guidebook designed to help therapists and other mental health professionals navigate the ethical and legal