Confidentiality in crisis: Part I - The duty to inform

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1001-1005

  Glancy, Graham D ^a,c   Regehr, Cheryl ^b   Bryant, Anthony G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c 302 the East Mall ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Duty to warn; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; COURT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEGLIGENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032440049     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674379804301004     Document Type: Review

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