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Good Psychiatric Practice, Second Edition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Copyright © 2005. The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

This second edition of Good Psychiatric Practice sets out standards for general good practice within psychiatry. For each area of practice, clinical guidance from the Royal College of Psychiatrists is laid out side by side with the guidelines given by the General Medical Council in their document Good Medical Practice.

Areas of practice covered include:

  1. Core attributes

  2. The trusting relationship

  3. Good clinical care

  4. Consent to treatment

  5. Note-keeping and inter-agency/inter-professional communication

  6. Confidentiality

  7. Availability and emergency care

  8. Working as a member of a team

  9. Referring patients

  10. Clinical governance

  11. Teaching and training

  12. Research

  13. Being a good employee and employer

  14. Basic knowledge and skills in the specialities of psychiatry (as an appendix)

  15. Good practice within the psychiatric specialities (as an appendix)

This report can be downloaded in full from the College website: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications

References

Council Report CR125, November 2004, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 60 pp, £ 10.00

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