Politics and Mental Health: The ‘Goldwater Rule’

  • Ali Madeeh Hashmi
Keywords: Psychiatrists, politics, Goldwater Rule, Confidentiality

Abstract

...it is for mental health professionals in particular and healthcare workers in general, to not make public pronouncements about specific people (or institutions or political processes) regarding their actual or supposed medical or psychiatric conditions and how doing so can be problematic for any number or reasons.

Published
2022-08-01
How to Cite
Ali Madeeh Hashmi. (2022). Politics and Mental Health: The ‘Goldwater Rule’. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 19(01). Retrieved from https://jpps.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/147