Is it unethical to interview patients?

That's the question journalist John Pope addresses in a post for the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Prompted by questions from mental health specialists at a recent meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Pope relays some of their concerns: "Would a therapist be exerting undue influence by asking a patient to speak to a reporter?" "Would the patient feel obligated to comply as a condition of treatment?"

May 4, 2011

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