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 A joint IPA/British Institute of
International and Comparative Law (London) publication
This study is the result of the work carried out by various
psychoanalytical societies and psychoanalysts of different nationalities
and overseen by a supervising committee, chaired by Penelope Garvey (IPA),
composed of three regional representatives of the IPA and two
representatives of the British Institute of International and Comparative
Law (London).
In each country a lawyer and a psychoanalyst were appointed to compile
data on legal and psychoanalytical practice. National contributors from
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, England and Wales, Germany, Italy and the
United States were supplied with a questionnaire related to
analyst/patient confidentiality to establish the rules in each country.
The purpose of this project was to study the extent to which the
confidentiality of patients undergoing psychoanalytic treatment is
protected by the law across seven countries. From this research, besides
useful information, the contributors identify common themes and
recommendations. The topic we are dealing with has proved to be extremely
important and has recently been the object of many discussions, both in
the psychoanalytical and legal fields.
This book considers the essence of the important concept of
confidentiality, and makes available useful and detailed information about
the bases on which confidentiality is treated, from a psychoanalytical and
legal point of view, in the countries considered. This allows us to
analyze how the duty of confidentiality changes in different jurisdictions
and is relative to the legal position of psychoanalysts in different
countries.
'Comparative Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis' is now available to buy
from the IPA.
Please visit the website for further details:
http://www.ipa.org.uk/site/cms/contentViewArticle.asp?article=1317
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British
Psychoanalytical Society
2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction in
whole or in part in any form
or medium without express written permission is prohibited.
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