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goldwater rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
gold-wa-ter rule
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A section of the American Psychiatric Association's code of ethics, stating that it is unethical for a psychiatrist to give a professional opinion about a public figure they have not examined in person, and whose mental health they have not received consent to discuss.

Etymology

Named after US presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, who successfully sued for libel over a 1964 article that polled psychiatrists on his fitness for presidency.

Questions

What does goldwater rule mean?
A section of the American Psychiatric Association's code of ethics, stating that it is unethical for a psychiatrist to give a professional opinion about a public figure they have not examined in person, and whose mental health they have not received consent to discuss.
Where does goldwater rule come from?
Named after US presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, who successfully sued for libel over a 1964 article that polled psychiatrists on his fitness for presidency.

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