Physician/patient confidentiality.

• Author: Kahn, David L.
• Position: Letters

"Warning a Patient's Intended Victim While Preserving Testimonial Privilege" by Coleman and Shellows (July/August) is an excellent critical analysis of our state's inconsistent treatment of confidential communications between patients and mental health physicians, psychologists, and social workers. The authors carefully and thoroughly explain the interrelationship and distinctions between physician-patient confidentiality and the patient's privilege to object to and...