Are psychotherapists consistent in their ethical attitude to patient confidentiality?

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Fennig, Silvana ^a,d   Seeker, Aya ^b   Levkovitz, Yechiel ^b,d   Barak, Vered ^c   Benyakar, Motty ^d,e   Farina, Jorje ^e   Roe, David ^f   Treves, Ilan ^b,d   Fennig, Shmuel ^b,d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 4544251512     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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