janeyl
sensual hedonist
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#11 You are a psychiatrist and your patient has just confided to you that he intends to kill a woman. You're inclined to dismiss the threat as idle, but you aren't sure. Should you report the threat to the police and the woman or should you remain silent as the principle of confidentiality between psychiatrist and patient demands? Should there be a law that compels you to report such threats?
The law does compel you to report such threats and to detain the person in hospital-at least it does here-confidentiality only goes so far-it's a finite right as far as Mental health services are concerned
