Conflict of interest between therapist-patient confidentiality and the duty to report sexual abuse of children
✍ Scribed by Dr. Robert D. Miller; Robert Weinstock
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 911 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0735-3936
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
All 51 jurisdictions in the United States require physicians to report suspected child abuse. In most jurisdictions, reporting requirements override both conjidentiulity and privilege associated with the physician-patient relationship. The authors review the literature relevant to the conflict between privacy and reporting abuse and report the results of a national survey of therapists at sex offender treatment units. They discuss ethical problems experienced under these statutes by therapists who attempt to provide treatment for sex offenders, and by therapists who are required to report past instances of child abuse even when there is no evidence of ongoing abuse.
- Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 551 P.2d 334 (1976).