Psychiatric Malpractice: Cases and Comments for Clinicians

by Robert I. Simon

The anxieties and uncertainties created by the increased threat of being sued for malpractice can interfere with the psychiatrist's provision of good clinical care. Through a general overview-as well as a discussion of specific legal cases--this volume presents the major malpractice traps encountered in everyday psychiatric practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880481072
• ISBN13: 9780880481076
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher