Professionals' Responsibilities in Releasing Information to Families of Adults with Mental Illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1622-1628

  Marshall, Tina ^a,c   Solomon, Phyllis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0344394930     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.12.1622     Document Type: Article

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