Cargo, TaniaWaitoki, WaikaremoanaFeather, JacquelineWaitoki, WaikaremoanaFeather, JacquelineRobertson, NevilleRucklidge, Julia J.2019-09-2420162019-09-242016Cargo, T., Waitoki, W., & Feather, J. (2016). Informed consent in the Aotearoa New Zealand context. In W. Waitoki, J. Feather, N. Robertson, & J. J. Rucklidge (Eds.), Professional Practice of Psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand (Third, pp. 131–143). Wellington, New Zealand: The New Zealand Psychological Society.978-0-473-35488-6https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12914Psychologists are in very privileged positions; we use our clinical, community, academic, and research skills to support individuals, families, and communities, often during extremely vulnerable times in their lives. Psychologists have specific duties and responsibilities to not only offer a competent and ethical service, but to ensure that clients have been engaged in an open and honest process of gaining informed consent before a psychological service is offered, and either accepted or declined by the client (Knapp, Gottlieb, & Handelsman, 2015; Nagy, 2011).34application/pdfen© 2016 The New Zealand Psychological Society. Used with permission.Chapter in Book