Agencies that provide informed consent to treatment usually inform clients at the start of treatment that

A. clients have a right to confidentiality that is limited by the need to report or act upon child and elder abuse and serious threats of harm to self or others.
B. there are numerous risks to treatment that the client should accept.
C. the agency may arbitrarily terminate treatment.
D. fees may rise during the course of treatment.


A. clients have a right to confidentiality that is limited by the need to report or act upon child and elder abuse and serious threats of harm to self or others.

The right to privacy is not absolute and clients should be informed that under certain circumstances, the worker is obligated to reveal facts that may be discussed in treatment

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