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" Psychiatry in law/law in psychiatry / "
Ralph Slovenko.
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BL
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1043777
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b798147
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| Main Entry
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Slovenko, Ralph.
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Psychiatry in law/law in psychiatry /\ Ralph Slovenko.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, ©2009.
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xxxii, 783 pages :: form ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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041593365X
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: 0415994918
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: 9780415933650
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: 9780415994910
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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Previous edition published in 2002.
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Forensic psychiatry-- United States.
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Psychiatrists-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States.
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Forensic psychiatry.
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Psychiatrists-- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Forensic Psychiatry.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.7367
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| LC Classification
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KF8965.S59 2009
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| NLM classification
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2010 C-287
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W 740S635pd 2009
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