Confidentiality & record keeping in counselling & psychotherapy. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Mitchels, Barbara; Bond, Tim, 1949-
• Contents: Part I Confidentiality and the law; 1. Recording confidences; 2. Confidentiality as a legal entitlement – the clients’ perspective; 3. Confidentiality as a legal responsibility – obligations of the therapist; Part II Record keeping and the law; 4. Record keeping – basic responsibilities; 5. Data protection; 6. Information technology, telephone and online working, electronic recordings and electronic data interchange; 7. How long do we keep records?; Part III Confidentiality and disclosures: information sharing; 8. Sharing information between professionals; 9. Sharing information in supervision and training; 10. Sharing information in research and audit; Part IV Confidentiality and disclosures: policy, practice and procedural issues; 11. Developing agency policy and practice and evaluating organisational policies on confidentiality and record keeping; 12. Mental capacity, vulnerable adults and consent; 13. Children, capacity and consent; 14. Victims, and pre-trial therapy with vulnerable adults and children as witnesses; Part V Practice dilemmas: checklists and scenarios on confidentiality and disclosures for reflection and discussion; 15. Responding to dilemmas – ethical and legal practice; Disclosure checklists; Useful organisations and contacts; List of legal cases; List of acts and rules; Further reading; Glossary
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 344.41044; Confidential communications -- Psychiatrists -- Great Britain; Counselors -- Professional ethics; Psychotherapists -- Professional ethics; Mental health services -- Great Britain -- Medical records -- Management; Psychiatric records -- Access control -- Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781529758955
• Related ISBNs: 9781529752564; 9781529752571
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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