عنوان

Psychiatry in law/law in psychiatry /

(Number (ISBN

041593365X

(Number (ISBN

0415994918

(Number (ISBN

9780415933650

(Number (ISBN

9780415994910

Number

b798147

Title Proper

Psychiatry in law/law in psychiatry /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ralph Slovenko.

Edition Statement

2nd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxii, 783 pages :

Other Physical Details

form ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

Expert testimony -- Experts in the adversary system -- Obligations and responsibilities of lawyers and experts -- Restrictions on Expert testimony -- Holding the expert accountable -- Evidentiary issues -- Testimonial privilege -- Witnesses and the credibility of testimony -- Propensity and other acts of evidence -- Syndrome evidence -- The role of psychiatric diagnosis in the law -- Criminal cases -- Competency to stand trial and other competencies -- Criminal responsibility -- Diminished capacity -- Juvenile justice -- Imposing and carrying out of the Death Penalty -- Measurement of evil -- Sexual deviation -- Sex offender legislation -- Homosexuality: from condemnation to celebration -- Civil cases -- Tort liability of the mentally incompetent and their caretakers -- Posttraumatic stress disorder and workers' compensation -- Duty to minimize damages -- Child custody -- Contractual capacity -- Testamentary capacity -- Hospitalization of the mentally ill -- Civil commitment -- Failure to treat and related issues -- Psychiatric malpractice -- Malpractice, nonmedical negligence, or breach of contract? -- Establishing malpractice liability -- Overview of Psychiatric malpractice -- Admission or apology in liability prevention -- Breach of confidentiality -- Informed consent -- Contributory fault of the patient in a malpractice action -- Boundary violation of undue familiarity -- Experimentation and clinical trials -- Suicide -- Duty of therapists to third parties -- Regulation of the practice of psychotherapy.

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Text of Note

Previous edition published in 2002.

Forensic psychiatry-- United States.

Psychiatrists-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States.

Forensic Psychiatry.

Forensic psychiatry.

Psychiatrists-- Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Book Number

Slovenko, Ralph.

Date of Transaction

20201207104739.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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