Question

Exceptions to the privileged communication right in which professionals must disclose information include: a. A 19-year-old client has a gun at home. b. A 16-year-old client has confessed to taking illegal drugs. c. A 13-year-old client is considered to be dangerous to self or others. d. A 23-year-old client is a victim of domestic abuse.

Answer 1

Answer:

A 13-year-old client is considered to be dangerous to self or others.

Explanation

Privacy is of a wide concept. It differs from confidentiality, privileged and communication. It is the rights of an individual to decide what information about themselves will be shared and ones not to be shared (withheld).

A privileged communication is the narrowest of the three terms as well as its legal concept. It generally refers to laws that protect clients from having confidential conversation being revealed or disclosed in a court of law without their permission.

Areas of exception to confidentiality in state statutes includes when in cases of dispute between counselor and client, when a client raises the issue of mental condition in legal proceedings and others.

A minor client is said to have a moral right to privacy and confidentiality, but legal rights are more limited