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Privileged Communication in Selected Helping Professions: A Comparison Among Statutes
Author(s) -
HERLIHY BARBARA,
SHEELEY VER LEE
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb00760.x
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , statute , scope (computer science) , psychology , scope of practice , public relations , medical education , political science , law , medicine , computer science , health care , programming language
The authors present findings of an examination and assessment of existing privileged communication statutes and rules of evidence in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for clients of selected helping professionals: psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists or counselors, school counselors, and licensed professional counselors. Data are reported regarding the extent to which each of these professional groups has succeeded in establishing that their clients' communications with them are entitled to legal privilege, the scope of privilege extended, and specified exceptions to privilege. The report concludes with implications and suggested guidelines for practice.