RT Article
T1 Borderline personality disorder, therapeutic privilege, integrated care: is it ethical to withhold a psychiatric diagnosis?
JF Journal of medical ethics
VO 48
IS 11
SP 801
OP 804
A1 Sims, Erika
A1 Nelson, Katharine J.
A1 Sisti, Dominic
A2 Nelson, Katharine J.
A2 Sisti, Dominic
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1918655332
AB Once common, therapeutic privilege—the practice whereby a physician withholds diagnostic or prognostic information from a patient intending to protect the patient—is now generally seen as unethical. However, instances of therapeutic privilege are common in some areas of clinical psychiatry. We describe therapeutic privilege in the context of borderline personality disorder, discuss the implications of diagnostic non-disclosure on integrated care and offer recommendations to promote diagnostic disclosure for this patient population.
DO 10.1136/medethics-2021-107216