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93 W. Va. L. Rev. 1 (1990-1991)
A Modest Proposal: A Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege for West Virginia

handle is hein.journals/wvb93 and id is 11 raw text is: West Virginia Law Review Volume 93 Fall 1990 Number 1 A MODEST PROPOSAL: A PSYCHOTHERAPIST- PATIENT. PRIVILEGE FOR WEST VIRGINIA FRANKLIN D. CLECKLEY* I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 2 II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENTIARY PRIVILEGES .......................................................... 8 A. Attorney-Client Privilege ......................... , ....... 8 B. Husband- Wife Communication Privilege ............ 15 C. Physician-Patient Privilege .............................. 21 D. Clergy-Penitent Privilege ............... .................. 24 E. Privileged Communications in Federal Courts ..... 27 III. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA ........ 32 A. Attorney-Client Privilege ................................. 33 B. Husband-Wife Privilege .................................. 34 C. Physician-Patient Privilege .............................. 35 D. Clergy-Penitent Privilege ................................. 36 IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE ........................................................... 37 V. PROPOSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE MODEL ............................................................... 42 A. Confidentiality and W. Va. Code 27-3-1 ........... 42 B. Proposed Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege ......... 46 * Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law; A.B. 1962, Anderson College; J.D. 1965, Indiana University at Bloomington; LL.M. 1969, Harvard University. I would like to thank my student researchers, Patricia Hutchens and Vito Mussomeli, for their helpful comments and assistance; and a very big thanks to Louis Palmer who actually put this article together.

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