The duty to warn and protect - Impact on practice

Authors
Chaimowitz, GA Glancy, GD Blackburn, J
Citation
Ga. Chaimowitz et al., The duty to warn and protect - Impact on practice, CAN J PSY, 45(10), 2000, pp. 899-904
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE
ISSN journal
07067437 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
899 - 904
Database
ISI
SICI code
0706-7437(200012)45:10<899:TDTWAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Objective: To discuss the concepts of the duty to protect and the associate d threat to confidentiality and their impact on practice for Canadian psych iatrists. Method: We review these concepts and provide a synthesis of legal cases imp acting psychiatric practice. Conclusion: The onus is on the psychiatrist to make him or herself aware of th current state of the legal obligation with respect to duty to protect. The evolving concept of duty to protect has and will continue to have signi ficant impact on the practice of psychiatry.