Overview of Ethics and the Legal System
This category within the Online Ethics Library contains articles on ethics, psychotherapy and the legal system. Please email the librarian if you would like to contribute an article to this category. The following selection is not meant to be exhaustive or representative of an official UKCP point of view on this topic (view disclaimer).
- Dr. Martin H. Williams: 'Boundary Violations: The (Inappropriate) Lethal Weapon of Plaintiffs' Attorneys in Psychotherapy Malpractice Lawsuits.
Very good article on malpractice lawsuits against non-psychoanalytic psychotherapists based on the concept of 'boundary violations' from a US perspective. - Academy Project: List of articles on legal issues.
Materials on working with offenders:
- Dr. Glyn Hudson Allez: Should I disclose to the authorities that my client downloads child porn from the Internet?
The Online Ethics Library as a Community Effort
This online resource has been started by the UKCP Ethics committee to support ethical practice in our community. For this resource to be useful and to expand please use it and please contribute to it! If you are accessing this resource and you know about important resources on the internet that we have not included yet or you would like to contribute something you have written yourself, please contact the ethics librarian. We hope that the UKCP Online Ethics Library will be a community effort, which will grow through ongoing contributions from all our members.
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