4.2

Question 1

Confidentiality is central to the development of

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a trusting and productive psychologist/client relationship

Question 2

Clients must have faith in the privacy of their revelations and psychologists must honour these revelations by

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respecting confidentiality

Question 3

Psychologists have a responsibility to discuss with clients the

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nature and purpose of confidentiality (including the role of supervision), any potential boundaries and limitations around confidentiality, and also confidentiality of written material

Question 4

Legal and ethical concerns for every psychologist and client, privacy and confidentiality are:

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expressions of autonomy

Question 5

Autonomy refers to

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an individual exercising his/her right to play a role in one’s decision-making

Question 6

Psychologists also have personal and professional rights such as:

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to be respected, including rights to exercise their expertise without fear of injury to self, safety, reputation, or livelihood

Question 7

The APS Working Group that authored the 2007 Code of Ethics attempted to balance the guiding principles of

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autonomy, justice, beneficence, integrity, and self-care

Question 8

There are three basic guidelines for consent in client/psychologist relationships

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informed, voluntary, and rational

Question 9

Informed consent includes:

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educating clients about the nature and expected duration of your contact with them, explaining fees and payment policies, detailing any potential involvement of third parties, and discussing confidentiality and its limits.

Question 10

Voluntary consent includes

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Includes the psychologist taking steps to ensure the client’s initial and continuing participation does not involve direct or indirect coercion

Question 11

rational consent includes

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clients’ abilities to appreciate the relevance of the information presented to them and each client can make a sound judgement about participation on this basis (Fisher & Oransky, 2016).

Question 12

rational consent includes

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clients’ abilities to appreciate the relevance of the information presented to them and each client can make a sound judgement about participation on this basis (Fisher & Oransky, 2016).

Question 13

One of the ways that psychologists communicate information to new clients is via a

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charter of rights

Question 14

The right of privacy with regard to psychological services has two components

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The right to guard against unjust intrusion into one’s private life.

The right to exercise control over the accumulation, storage, dissemination, and use of one’s personal information (Davidson et al., 2010).

Question 15

one’s right to privacy is strictly legislated under the

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Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 and the Privacy Amendment [Private Sector] Act 2000

Question 16

The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) are grouped in 5 parts:

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Consideration of personal information
Collection of personal information
Dealing with personal information
Integrity of personal information
Access to, and correction of, personal information

Question 17

Confidentiality refers broadly to the notion of

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keeping professional secrets (Davidson et al., 2010)

Question 18

this protection of client’s personal information refers to how one

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collects, records, disseminates, and disposes of client information, even after your client’s death and your own departure from a work role or your death