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psychotherapist-patient privilege

psychotherapist-patient privilege definition - legal

n

The same as priest-penitent privilege but applying to the relationship between a mental health giver in the practice of counseling and a patient.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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