Should a psychiatrist report a bus driver's alcohol and drug abuse? An ethical dilemma

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 333-336

  Leeman, Cavin P ^a   Cohen, Mary Ann ^b   Parkas, Valerie ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Confidentiality; Drug abuse; Ethics; Tarasoff decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATION; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DUTY TO WARN; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035189059     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(01)00161-X     Document Type: Article

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