The psychotherapist and informed consent
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 133 (12) , 1451-1453
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.12.1451
Abstract
The authors points out that psychotherapists are being increasingly required by law to function as instruments of social control. He believes it is incumbent on therapists to employ full and informed consent procedures with their patients in regard to the effects of providing psychiatric information to potential employers, insurance carriers, and other third parties.Keywords
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