Ethical and legal issues related to telepractice

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Denton, David R ^a  

^a AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical responsibility; Interstate licensure; Privacy; Speech language pathology; Speech language pathology assistants; Standard of care; Telepractice

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; LICENSURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347600613     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815584     Document Type: Review

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