Program Review5.Privacy&Confidentiality4.01-4.07 Flashcards
______refers to a psychologist’s obligation to protect clients from unauthorized disclosure of information revealed in the context of a professional relationship, while_______ is a legal concept that protects a client’s confidentiality in the context of a legal proceeding.
Confidentiality
Privilege
The client is usually the ______ but a psychologists may_______on behalf of the client.
holder of the privilege
claim the privilege
In their survey of APA members, Pope and Vetter (1992) found that ________was identified by respondents as the most frequently occurring “ethically troubling issue.”
Confidentiality
Standard 4.02 requires psychologists to discuss the limits of confidentiality with clients, unless not feasible, at the ______ and thereafter as new circumstances warrant.
outset of the relationship
Psychologists may discuss confidential information with others with the consent of the client or his/her legal representative or when to do so is ________or permitted by law for a valid reason.
mandated
For example, psychologists may breach client confidentiality when the client is the perpetrator or minor victim of child abuse or is a danger to self or others. With regard to the latter, the ________ established a duty to warn/protect the intended victim of a client when the client poses a clear and imminent danger to that individual.
Tarasoff decision
Standard 4.06 states that, when consulting with others about a client, psychologists discuss only information that is relevant to the purpose of the consultation and must obtain ______from the client before doing so unless the client’s identity can be disguised.
prior consent
Standard 4.07 states that psychologists do not reveal personally identifiable client information in their writings, lectures, etc., unless they take reasonable steps to disguise the person’s identity or have obtained______from the client to do so.
written consent
