Do Social Workers Have a Duty to Warn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10544600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandra Kopels (corresponding author), Jill Doner Kagle |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-126 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/603967 |
| OpenAlex | W1984371975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
In 1974, in a landmark case, Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, a court for the first time imposed liability on a mental health professional for failing to protect a victim from the violent acts of a client. Tarasoff and the case law and statutes that have followed have raised a number of legal, ethical, and practical questions for social workers. Among the most important questions are whether social workers have a duty to protect third parties and, if so, how best to discharge this duty. We address these questions in an analysis of the law and the ethical and practical issues facing social workers whose clients may pose a threat to others. Appendix
Common law · Confidentiality · Criminology · Duty · Duty to protect · Duty to warn · Liability · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Statute · Ethics in medical practice · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2000 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |