Tarasoff V Regents Case Study

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After reading the case between Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California I truly understand how the case turned into law. Although, in the second hearing of Tarasoff II, the ruling was changed do to the liability of the therapist. The responsibility of the therapist to determine the mental status of his patient/client, was based on some key factors that were factored into the Tarasoff doctrine to aid in legal and ethical responsibilities of mental health professionals included: fiduciary relationship, prediction of dangerousness, forceability, identifiable victim, duty to protect, and reasonable care. (Simone and Fulero, 2005).
In the case of Jablonski by Pahls v. United States. A patient killed his live-in girlfriend while in