Informed Consent to Psychoanalysis: The Law, the Theory, and the Data (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823249763)

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? Second, the book looks at informed consent as a theoretical matter. It addresses such questions as: What would be the elements of a robust informed consent in psychoanalysis? Is informed consent even possible here? Can patients really understand, say, transference or regression before they experience them, and is it too late once they have? Is informed consent therapeutic or countertherapeutic? Can a "process view" of informed consent make sense here? Third, the book reviews data on the topic. A lengthy questionnaire answered by sixty-two analysts reveals their practices in this regard. Do they obtain a statement of informed consent from their patients? What do they disclose? Why do they disclose it? Do they think it is possible to obtain informed consent in psychoanalysis at all? Do they think the practice is therapeutic or countertherapeutic, and in what ways? Do they think there should or should not be an informed consent requirement for psychoanalysis? The book should appeal above all to therapists interested in the ethical dimensions of their practice.

Author: Elyn R. Saks, Shahrokh Golshan
ISBN-10: 082324976X
ISBN-13: 9780823249763
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2013
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d