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Clinical handbook of psychiatry & the law

Book information

Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year
2007
ISBN
978-0-7817-7891-6, 0-7817-7891-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1569317 bytes)
Edition
4th ed
Pages
322\336
Time added
2016-04-05 23:00:00

Description

Thoroughly updated for its Fourth Edition, this award-winning handbook gives mental health professionals authoritative guidance on how the law affects their clinical practice. Each chapter presents case examples of legal issues that arise in practice, clearly explains the governing legal rules, their rationale, and their clinical impact, and offers concrete action guides to navigating clinico-legal dilemmas. This edition addresses crucial recent developments including new federal rules protecting patients' privacy, regulations minimizing use of seclusion and restraint, liability risks associated with newer psychiatric medications, malpractice risks in forensic psychiatry, and new structured assessment tools for violence risk, suicidality, and decisional capacity.

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