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d. malpractice insurance companies
18. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
protects the confidentiality of information about clients.
is not relevant to psychologists unless they are practicing in a medical set-
ting.
applies to all practitioners, even if they don’t bill insurance companies.
regulations are already addressed by the Ethics Code and therefore don’t
require any additional attention by psychologists.
19. In many states the Tarasoff ruling has had the effect of
requiring clinicians to violate confidentiality in certain circumstances.
imposing a “duty to warn” on clinicians.
raising questions about a “duty to warnwhen working with individuals with
HIV/AIDS.
all of the above
20. The most common complaint in malpractice suits involve
financial misrepresentation or fraud.
licensure problems.
e. failure to prevent a client’s suicide.
d. inappropriate sexual behavior.
21. All university-based clinical psychology programs
utilize a scientist-practitioner model.
have essentially the same emphasis.
e. provide training in research as well as clinical skills.
d. all of the above
22. Clinical researchers
can find careers in a variety of mental health settings.
often offer supervision and training of clinical work.
can shift between clinical work and research if they keep up their clinical
credentials.
all of the above
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A formalized indication of a desire to not receive life-sustaining medical treat-
ment if one becomes incapacitated is called
a living will.
advance medical directives.
civil competency.
all of the above
13. occurs when a psychologist attempts to evaluate the
psychological state of an individual after than individual is deceased.
A postmortem evaluation
A psychological profile