title: Charging for missed sessions: ethical problem or straw person?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10128, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fay
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000191:economics*