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kaid0807 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A therapist says to her client, What is said in this room is kept in strict confidence unless there are legal or therapeutic reasons to reveal it. Under most circumstances, though, you have control over what gets disclosed. Unless you give me permission, I will not disclose any confidential information. The therapist is describing the ____.

a. therapist's right of confidentiality
b. client's right to treatment
c. therapist's duty to warn
d. client's privileged communication

Question 2

Privileged communication is a(n) ____.

a. right that is held by the therapist, not the client
b. narrower legal concept than confidentiality
c. ethical obligation, not a legal one
d. broader ethical concept than confidentiality