Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry : minimizing harm /
Ethical medical practice and treatment in psychiatry are based on the concept of first do no harm. However, this cannot, and does not, apply to forensic cases where there is no doctor-patient relationship and the forensic psychiatrist may indeed cause harm to the examinee. In this book, Robert Sadof...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, England :
John Wiley,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | Ethical medical practice and treatment in psychiatry are based on the concept of first do no harm. However, this cannot, and does not, apply to forensic cases where there is no doctor-patient relationship and the forensic psychiatrist may indeed cause harm to the examinee. In this book, Robert Sadoff analyzes the ethical issues affecting forensic psychiatric practice, especially those promulgated by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Within those guidelines, he looks at individual bias, vulnerability of the examinee, and potential harm to the mental health professional. The book. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470971888 0470971886 9780470971871 0470971878 1282939718 9781282939714 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9780470971888 |
