Excerpt: "Separately and collectively, professional, ethical, and legal standards require that psychologists obtain consent from litigants prior to the initiation of forensic psychological evaluations. Psychologists have assumed this responsibility but may not have examined their professional capacity to fulfill this obligation.
Psychologists lack the necessary legal training to fully inform the litigant of many legal ramifications of the psychological evaluation process. Even psychologists who are well informed in legal matters are not in a position to provide legal advice to litigants.
Lawyers have also had the responsibility of preparing their clients for forensic psychological evaluations, and they may be hampered in this duty by a lack of understanding of psychological testing and interview procedures, psychological ethics, and the details of forensic evaluations.
In this article, we have explicated the rationale for a joint procedure for informing the litigant about the psychological evaluation. Journal of the American Medical Association , , vol. Excerpt: "Although practice varies widely, the current reality of informed consent In many settings clinical informed consent involves a laundry list of potential risks recited to a patient who has already committed to a procedure, followed by the requisite signatures on a form.
It is not surprising that patient comprehension is often poor. In a recent study of patients who had just provided informed consent Excerpt: "Because the doctrine of informed consent evolved from a series of court decisions, it may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Despite this, the general outlines of the doctrine are fairly well agreed on. Three components exist: information, voluntariness, and competence.
Excerpt: "Long, jargony forms mean that many patients have little idea what they are actually signing up to, says Dominique Sprumont, a health lawyer at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland. Some ethicists advocate digital consent forms, delivered by computer or smart phone.
Interactive forms could lead participants through the consent process, and keep them more informed during the trial. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice , June , vol. Excerpt: "Obtaining the informed consent of supervisees at the outset of supervision is critical to minimizing risks and maximizing the benefits. Whether they are seeking supervision to meet academic, licensure, or certification requirements or to assist in rehabilitation following an ethical violation, supervisees all benefit from having clear information about that to which they are agreeing.
Many authors and specialty guidelines recommend, and ethical standards require, that informed consent be obtained in writing. The format in which the information is presented will vary with the type of supervision, the context, and the preferences and theoretical orientation of the supervisor.
Child: Care, Health and Development , , vol 33 , 1, pages Excerpt: "A child can consent to treatment but usually in practice is unable to refuse it. Even if both the child and parents refuse treatment, courts are reluctant to accept this, particularly if it is in the best interest of the child The law in relation to child consent is unclear and requires changes in order to clarify what is perceived as the child's best interest.
Recupero and Samara E. American Journal of Psychotherapy , 59 4 , , Excerpt: "Although e-therapy has numerous proponents, no clinical trials have assessed its long-term effectiveness. To limit liability and to protect patients, e-therapy providers should disclose material risks as well as possible benefits and engage patients in an active dialogue.
A thorough informed consent procedure enables patients to make an educated decision about whether e-therapy is right for them. In the future, e-therapy and informed consent online may become more common; in the mean time, clinicians must be prepared for e-therapy's uncertain legal status and allow patients to decide for themselves whether or not to seek counseling on the Internet. Military Medicine , July, , vol , 7, pages Excerpt: "Although opinions favoring the duties implied by informed consent are in the majority, these do not always reflect the behaviors in daily clinical practice Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, Excerpt: "All other things being equal, the right to make decisions about whether or not to receive psychological services, and the nature of those services, belongs to the client.
This conclusion finds support not only in psychologists' ethical values, particularly the social contract between a profession and society Informed consent is the most represented value in the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists British Medical Journal , vol.
Excerpt: "Too often 'consenting' a patient is reduced to the mechanistic imparting of information from clinician to patient or, worse still, the mere signing of a consent form, rather than the two way, meaningful conversation between clinician and patient it should be. If we can change this mindset and view obtaining consent as an ethical duty first and foremost, one that is central to respecting the autonomy and dignity of patients, then we will have taken a major step towards first class consent and uninterrupted lunches.
Viens Eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, Excerpt: "Obtaining consent is not a discrete event; rather, it is a process that should occur throughout the relationship between clinician and patient. Canadian Journal of Counselling , , vol. Excerpt: This study of school counsellors' views "identified five categories of issues and concerns related to confidentiality and informed consent: informing students on issues of confidentiality, age of consent, issues of professional confidentiality, sharing client information with others, and confidentiality with teachers and principals.
Journal of Medical Ethics , vol 39, 4, Excerpt: "Routinisation of informed consent poses a threat to the protection of the personal autonomy of a patient through the negotiation of informed consent.
Journal of the American Medical Association , vol. Excerpt: "There is evidence that current efforts to inform patients are inadequate. In a review of informed consent documents from randomly selected US hospitals, the documents were shown to have limited educational value Efforts include drug prevention and drug treatment services that have had a tremendous impact and have save d countless lives.
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