Tarasoff duty to warn was established in which legal case?

• A. Confidentiality
• B. Informed Consent
• C. Abuse
• D. Tarasoff case-duty to warn

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that clinicians have a responsibility to warn or take steps to protect a potential victim when a patient poses a credible threat. The Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California decision established this duty, ruling that the obligation to protect a foreseeable victim can override confidentiality. This is a specific legal ruling that creates an exception to maintaining patient privacy, rather than a general principle like confidentiality or informed consent. The other options refer to broader concepts that don’t capture the legal duty defined by the Tarasoff ruling. So the correct understanding is that the duty to warn was established by the Tarasoff case.