Carers and confidentiality in mental health care: Considering the role of the carer's assessment: A study of service users', carers' and practitioners' views

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Rapaport, Joan ^a   Bellringer, Sophie ^a   Pinfold, Vanessa ^b   Huxley, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer's assessment; Carers; Confidentiality; Ethics; Information sharing; Mental health carers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33745285703     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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