The increase in clinical social work malpractice over the past several years has not kept pace with the corresponding increase in malpractice claims in other professional fields such as accountancy, law and medicine. However, there has been a trend to litigate perceived wrongdoings in social work clinical practice in such areas as sexual impropriety, incorrect treatment, breach of confidentiality and diagnostic errors. This article updales the recent trends in malpractice litigation and suggests certain risk management techniques clinicians may wish to consider in an effort to keep clinical social work within a "low profile" malpractice configuration.
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