Confidentiality and the Pastoral Minister: Duty, Right, or Privilege?

Discusses the meanings of confidentiality generally and particularly within the context of the helping professions. Notes the legal nuances of the concept of “religious privilege.” Illustrates, via several cases, liability within confidentiality, concluding by urging caregivers to become familiar wi...

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Main Author: Dechant, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1991
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1991, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-69
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Discusses the meanings of confidentiality generally and particularly within the context of the helping professions. Notes the legal nuances of the concept of “religious privilege.” Illustrates, via several cases, liability within confidentiality, concluding by urging caregivers to become familiar with local and state statutes regulating the religious privilege.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099104500107