American Psychiatric Press Review of Clinical Psychiatry and the Law

by Robert I. Simon

Over the past twenty five years almost every aspect of psychiatry has been shaped by burgeoning legal and administrative procedures. Commitment, the right to treatment, the right to refuse treatment, monitoring drug therapy, hospital discharge, suicide assessment, confidentiality, the duty to warn, electroconvulsive therapy, malpractice suits, and standard of care are just some of the areas undergoing intense legal scrutiny. American Psychiatric Press...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088048375X
• ISBN13: 9780880483759
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher