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Ethical And Legal Considerations In Addiction Counseling, Karin Mcpeak Dumont

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Ethical and legal issues of addiction counseling will be examined: lack of communication and continuity between research and clinical practice, lack of agreement over necessary professional credentials, questionable propensity of group work, special issues of confidentiality and privileged communication, boundary issues of professional practice, unusual circumstances of informed consent.