| A | B |
|---|
| Dual Relationship | Occurs when you and a client have more than one relationship which may cause shift in power and impression of exploiting this power |
| Informed Consent | Refers to the rights a client has regarding information about his/her treatment. |
| Capacity | refers to the client's ability to make clear competent decisions |
| Comprehension of Information | The client clearly understands what he or she is being told. |
| Voluntariness | Refers to the client's ability to consent free of coercion or pressure from the agency or the professional offering services |
| Minimun Necessary Rule | Used to guide you on what information to release to other providers stating only the minimum amount of info needed for the other agency to fullfill their responsibility to the client. |
| HIPPA | Passed in 1996, protects clients rights by informing clients of agency's confidentiality procedures; requiring agencies to secure information; requires agencies to include privacy; right of client to keep identifying data private; right to acess, copy or make corrections to records. |
| Self-Determination | Clients have the right to research their diagnosis and ask questions; the right to make mistakes; and the right to decide when and how long they will use services. |
| Privileged Communication | this legal concept protecting client's information an who can withold this information. Applys to you if you are a guarddian; client is a chil under 16 and victim of crime of abuse; client is in need of hospitalization; client is imminent danger to self or others. |
| Involuntary Commitment | Takes place only when a person is in imminent danger to self or others |
