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Client preferences for informed consent information.

Ellen B Braaten·Mitchell M Handelsman
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Thirty-five current therapy clients, 47 former clients, and 42 college students with no therapy experience rated 27 items in terms of importance for inclusion in informed consent discussions. The current and former client samples rated information about inappropriate therapeutic techniques, confidentiality, and the risks of alternative treatments as most important, and information about the personal characteristics of the therapist and the therapist's degree as least important. The results of this study provide evidence for differential informed consent disclosure practices.

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Ellen B Braaten, Mitchell M Handelsman. 1997. Client preferences for informed consent information.. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb0704_3

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