Informed Consent to Psychoanalysis: The Law, the Theory, and the Data

by Shahrokh Golshan and Elyn R. Saks

Book Overview

The goal of this book is to shed psychoanalytic light on a concept--informed consent--that has transformed the delivery of health care in the United States.

Examining the concept of informed consent in the context of psychoanalysis, the book first summarizes the law and literature on this topic. Is informed consent required as a matter of positive law? Apart from statutes and cases, what do the professional organizations say about this?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823249778
• ISBN13: 9780823249770
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"