Charging for missed sessions: ethical problem or straw person?
The subject of psychotherapists' charging patients for missed sessions is one of the important issues in professional ethics. It is better when not done at all, but the so-called flexible arrangements, although problematic in themselves, have less potential to damage the patient-therapist relationship than the exceptionless charging policy. Formal study is clearly needed.
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10128, USA.
D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000191:economics*