Title Confidentiality for mental health professionals : a guide to ethical and legal principles / Annegret Ka⁺ћmpf [and others].

Edition 1st ed. Descript 1 online resource (v, 136 pages) Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Concept of Confidentiality; Chapter 2: The Ethical Framework for Confidentiality; Chapter 3: Codes of Ethics; Chapter 4: The Legal Framework for Protecting Confidentiality; Chapter 5: Common Law Exceptions and Limitations to Maintaining Confidentiality; Chapter 6: Statutory Schemes; Chapter 7: Ethical Decision-Making in Confidentiality Dilemmas; Chapter 8: Quick Guides; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; References; Index; Back cover. Summary Those who work in the mental health sector will sometimes need to consider whether they are ethically or legally obliged to disclose certain personal information revealed by their clients and patients to third parties. This book focuses on the actual decision-making process of disclosing confidential information to allow mental health professionals to find a solution that is ethically and legally sound and able to be recognised as such by external authorities. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Confidential communications -- Psychiatrists -- Australia. Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics -- Australia. Mental health personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia. Mental health services. Professional ethics. Mental Health Services Ethics, Professional Confidentiality -- ethics Legislation as Topic Australia professional ethics. MEDICAL -- Ethics. Professional ethics. (OCoLC)fst01078521 Mental health services. (OCoLC)fst01016498 Confidential communications -- Psychiatrists. (OCoLC)fst01765871 Mental health personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst01016465 Mental health personnel -- Professional ethics. (OCoLC)fst01016472 Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543 Alt Author Ka⁺ћmpf, Annegret. ISBN 9781921513435 (electronic bk.) 1921513438 (electronic bk.) 9781921513428 (pbk.) 192151342X (pbk.)