Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege in Sex Offender Treatment Program Reviewed
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 19, Number 02, July/August 2017 , pp.27-27(1)
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Abstract:
Federal courts recognize psychotherapist-patient privilege, and also recognize the privilege may be voluntarily waived. In U.S. v. Lara, 850 F.3d 686 (4th Cir. 2017) the Plaintiff maintained that when faced with a choice of conditional freedom or 20 years’ imprisonment, choosing to waive patient-therapist privilege was hardly voluntary.Keywords: Waiver of patient-therapist privilege
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