Counselor Liability and the Duty to Warn: Selected Cases, Statutory Trends, and Implications for Practice.

Herlihy, Barbara; Sheeley, Vernon Lee

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Publication Date: 1988

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Counselor Liability and the Duty to Warn: Selected Cases, Statutory Trends, and Implications for Practice.

Herlihy, Barbara; Sheeley, Vernon Lee

Counselor Education and Supervision, v27 n3 p203-15 Mar 1988

Reviews selected case law and recently enacted state statutes pertinent to the "duty to warn" issue. Offers guidelines for practice in dealing with dangerous clients. Concludes that there is presently no substitute for counselor's professional clinical judgment in dealing with conflicting demands of confidentiality versus disclosure. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Confidentiality, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Court Litigation, Disclosure, Ethics, Legal Responsibility, Violence

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