Clergy Counselors and Confidentiality: A Case for Scrutiny

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Griffith, Ezra E H ^a,b   Young, John L ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Psychiat/African Amer Studs ^*

^c Young Adult Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLERGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JEW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; RELIGION; REVIEW;

CLERGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MARITAL THERAPY; PASTORAL CARE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1842562227     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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