The Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege After Jaffee v. Redmond: Where Do We Go from Here?
Publication Title
Washington University Law Quarterly
Abstract
In Jaffee v. Redmond, the United States Supreme Court recognized a psychotherapist-patient privilege in federal common law. The Court, however, failed to define the parameters of the privilege and left the refinement of the common-law definition for the lower federal courts to make on a case-by-case basis. This Article addresses the issues courts will encounter as they develop the psychotherapist-patient privilege. After reviewing existing approaches, this Article suggests the course courts should follow as they construe the federal common-law privilege.
Recommended Citation
Anne Bowen Poulin,
The Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege After Jaffee v. Redmond: Where Do We Go from Here?,
76 Wash. U. L. Q. 1341
(1998).
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