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Mar 07, 2009, 10:33 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2008
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Originally Posted by ECHOES
Can't see how going behind a pateint's back would be anything but betrayal. We don't surrender our privacy and right to be respected when we seek treatment. We don't lay ourselves at their feet and give ourselves up to them to think for us. We don't surrender our selves to them. We don't go to have things done 'to' us. We are there for their assitance.
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Because, as I prefaced my comments, it's a legitimate and common thing for mental health pros to do--with permission of whatever sort is needed in her location.
If it was done with permission--perhaps a blanket one like I asked about, it isn't betrayal. Whether it was done with or without (which would be wrong) permission, pros don't do it for any nefarious reasons or to betray their patient, they do it an attempt to help serve the patient by gaining more info about them so they can be as well-informed as possible.
Obviously she wasn’t made well-enough aware of any info sharing polices, if agreements were somehow in place.
If they violated laws and rules, you could file complaints against them.
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