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Jun 30, 2022, 12:54 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Bill3
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Thanks for posting that, it's extremely interesting.
"Social workers should obtain client consent before conducting an electronic search on the client. Exceptions may arise when the search is for purposes of protecting the client or others from serious, foreseeable, and imminent harm, or for other compelling professional reasons."
For a therapist who is a very stick to the rules person I can understand how this one would prevent them from looking up a client. But there's no definition of a "compelling professional reason." And who would know if a therapist googles clients, anyway? I mean...one of the reasons the internet exists is to find out information about people.
I made the mistake of being the patient of a terrible psychiatrist - who actually turned out to be a D.O. - and didn't check her online reviews. Big mistake. Any doctor or other professional I see I will do an online search on. I think it's foolish not to do so. It seems to me that the reverse would be true, I dunno.
"Social workers should be aware that posting personal information on professional Web sites or other media might cause boundary confusion, inappropriate dual relationships, or harm to clients."
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