Obtaining clinical writing informed consent versus using client disguise and recommendations for practice

Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Sieck, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical writing; Ethics; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84863206908     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025059     Document Type: Article

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