Wrapped in Silence: Psychotherapists and Confidentiality in the Courtroom

The impact of the Austrian Psychotherapy Act, which, in contrast to legal provisions in the United States, does not provide for any exceptions to breach confidentiality, is compared with the effects of U.S. law on dealing with confidentiality. The authors investigated the impact of this law in light...

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Contributors: Gutiérrez-Lobos, Karin (Other) ; Wagner, Elisabeth (Other) ; Schmidl-Mohl, Brigitte (Other) ; Schmid-Siegel, Brigitte (Other)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2000, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-45
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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