Ethics in Psychotherapy: A Focus on Professional Boundaries and Confidentiality Practices

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-314

  Jain, Shaili ^a,b   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^b  

^a Aurora Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Confidentiality; Ethics; Professionalism; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SUPPORT GROUP;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVACY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 66049153296     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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