[Interesting, what the good doctor considers rude. Very British of him, really.]
No offense taken, Dr. Watson. I did have some patients who were seeing me not quite at their full choice. If such a patient were to say that they intended to kill someone, I would address it by first exploring their values, and then by exploring the consequences. There are few who, with a thorough examination of conscience, would continue on a homicidal trajectory.
[Of course, Hannibal has nurtured those few into magnificent lethal creatures. He would still hold that he merely refined what was already there.]
Of course, if there is a clear and credible threat, I would be legally and ethically obligated to warn the authorities.
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Date: 2018-02-24 03:35 am (UTC)From:No offense taken, Dr. Watson. I did have some patients who were seeing me not quite at their full choice. If such a patient were to say that they intended to kill someone, I would address it by first exploring their values, and then by exploring the consequences. There are few who, with a thorough examination of conscience, would continue on a homicidal trajectory.
[Of course, Hannibal has nurtured those few into magnificent lethal creatures. He would still hold that he merely refined what was already there.]
Of course, if there is a clear and credible threat, I would be legally and ethically obligated to warn the authorities.