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Informed Consent |
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| Abstract: | Summary This article focuses on informed consent and the components to be reviewed with clients in the first session or as early as possible thereafter. Recent changes that give patients greater autonomy in the treatment process are also presented. The process of obtaining informed consent or informed refusal places a new responsibility on the practitioner. Informed consent as it pertains to clinical practice, supervision and training, and psychological research is also discussed. |
| Keywords: | Informed consent self determination autonomy competence values patient exploitation voluntariness |