Malpractice: What's new?

Roston, Ronald A.; Sherrer, Charles W.

doi:10.1037/h0035757

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“…Hence, 21 of the 22 occurrences of the theme relate to permitted entities practicing non-disclosure. This theme echoes the non-disclosure in Reston and Sherrer (1973), though it is not restricted to a psychiatrist/client scenario. The remaining themes were much less frequent.…”

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“…Such a third person has a duty to keep the information confidential (Anderlik and Rothstein, 2001), and this obligation is often enforced by law if the party is an organisation, especially within the European Union. Reston and Sherrer (1973) define confidentiality as a promise made by a therapist to their client about unauthorised disclosure of information. Although this relates specifically to a client/therapist relationship, a similar definition can be seen in computing science with regards to confidentiality policies in information systems.…”

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Why don’t UK citizens protest against privacy-invading dragnet surveillance?

Renaud

Flowerday

English

et al. 2016

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify to identify reasons for the lack of protest against dragnet surveillance in the UK. As part of this investigation, a study was carried out to gauge the understanding of “privacy” and “confidentiality” by the well-informed. Design/methodology/approach To perform a best-case study, the authors identified a group of well-informed participants in terms of security. To gain insights into their privacy-related mental models, they were asked first to define the three core terms and then to identify the scenarios. Then, the participants were provided with privacy-related scenarios and were asked to demonstrate their understanding by classifying the scenarios and identifying violations. Findings Although the participants were mostly able to identify privacy and confidentiality scenarios, they experienced difficulties in articulating the actual meaning of the terms privacy, confidentiality and security. Research limitations/implications There were a limited number of participants, yet the findings are interesting and justify further investigation. The implications, even of this initial study, are significant in that if citizens’ privacy rights are being violated and they did not seem to know how to protest this and if indeed they had the desire to do so. Practical implications Had the citizens understood the meaning of privacy, and their ancient right thereto, which is enshrined in law, their response to the Snowden revelations about ongoing wide-scale surveillance might well have been more strident and insistent. Originality/value People in the UK, where this study was carried out, do not seem to protest the privacy invasion effected by dragnet surveillance with any verve. The authors identify a number of possible reasons for this from the literature. One possible explanation is that people do not understand privacy. Thus, this study posits that privacy is unusual in that understanding does not seem to align with the ability to articulate the rights to privacy and their disapproval of such widespread surveillance. This seems to make protests unlikely.

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Why don’t UK citizens protest against privacy-invading dragnet surveillance?

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Flowerday

English

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“…The therapist who is sensitive to the client's rights may be able to minimize therapeutic impasses and unilateral terminations stemming from the client's unspoken dissatisfactions. Finally, assurance of clients' rights can protect the practitioner from criminal or malpractice actions (Roston & Sherrer, 1973). Unless the internal regulation of the profession is visibly effective in protecting clients, professional practice may be open to outside regulation.…”

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Rights of clients, responsibilities of therapists.

Hare-Mustin¹,

Marecek²,

Kaplan³

et al. 1979

American Psychologist

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Historically, ethical codes for therapists were drawn up to protect the professions from regulation by external agencies. Implicit in the ethical codes, however, is a model for the client-therapist relationship that fosters the goals of mental health. Just as ethical codes have been given specific content in standards for providers of psychological services in human service facilities, ethical codes can be given specific content in the client-therapist relationship. Therapists need to take responsibility for incorporating ethical standards into their practices so that clients' rights will be an integral part of therapy. We present four illustrative situations: providing clients with information to make informed decisions about therapy, using contracts in therapy, responding to clients' challenges to therapists ' competence, and handling clients' complaints.

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“…Will inadequate testing services be grounds for malpractice? The trend suggests the professional psychologist would do well to consider the malpractice protections he has (Roston & Sherrer, 1973).…”

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Ethical uncertainties and "technical" validities.

Roston¹

1975

Professional Psychology

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The psychologist's dilemma is that he probably cannot protect his clients' rights, satisfy his institution's needs, and fulfill his own ethical obligations simultaneously. Emerging TrendsThe daily papers can frequently bring disturbing news to the professional psychologist who considers his assessment duties seriously. As "law deals with analogies and precedents, and the logic that develops in one area is applied to another" (Robitscher, 1972b), the psychologist can now see legal, ethical, and moral trends emerging that are likely to affect his practice. He may also see a necessity for professional introspection and change.The stories presented here were published in June and July 1973, during which time this article was conceived, and reflect trends that may have important implications for all applied psychologists. The first story was captioned, "Law professor says teachers could be This article is a revision of a paper presented in a symposium at the meeting of the

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Malpractice: What's new?

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Why don’t UK citizens protest against privacy-invading dragnet surveillance?

Why don’t UK citizens protest against privacy-invading dragnet surveillance?

Rights of clients, responsibilities of therapists.

Ethical uncertainties and "technical" validities.

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