Not in the United States?Law in Psychiatry
- By Ralph Slovenko
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- Binding: Hardback
- Pages: 397
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st July 2002
- ISBN: 978-0-415-93364-3
About the Book
Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and coverage, Ralph Slovenko's Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry provides a critical exposition of the many practices and basic premises of law and psychiatry. It is a complete text for psychiatry residents or law students and an invaluable reference for practicing professionals in each field. New approaches for practitioners are provided as well as material to assist them in preparing and documenting their cases. Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry is rooted in Dr. Slovenko's previously published work, Psychiatry and Law (Little & Brown 1973), which received the American Psychiatric Association's prestigious Manfred Guttmacher award.Table of Contents
PART TWO: LAW IN PSYCHIATRYSection 1. Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill
1. Civil Commitment
2. Right to Treatment/Right to Refuse Treatment
Section 2. Psychiatric Malpractice
1. Establishing Malpractice Liability
2. Overview of Psychiatric Malpractice
3. Breach of Confidentiality
5. Informed Consent
6. The Boundary Violation of Undue Familiarity
7. Failure to Treat and Related Issues
8. Suicide
9. Duty of Therapists to Third Parties
Appendixes
Indexes
Sexual Offenders
Violence and Serious Theft
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