Research Catalog

Title

Clinical manual of psychiatry and law / Robert I. Simon, Daniel W. Shuman.

Author

Simon, Robert I.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., c2007.

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Additional Authors

Shuman, Daniel W.

Description

xiii, 249 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

In their latest collaboration, "Clinical Manual of Psychiatry and Law," noted forensic psychiatrist Dr. Robert Simon and legal scholar Daniel Shuman, both recipients of the Guttmacher Award, have created a unique, practical reference to enable psychiatrists to transform the impact of the law on their clinical practices from an adversary to a working partner. In lieu of scare tactics or horror stories, Dr. Simon and Professor Shuman clearly explain not only what the law requires and why but how best to integrate its requirements to enhance clinical practice and reduce the risk of successful tort claims. They have written a clear, comprehensible, and accessible volume that will guide practitioners through the thickets of the law and benefit their clinical practices.

Subject

• Professional-Patient Relations
• Patient Rights
• Liability, Legal
• Psychiatry > legislation & jurisprudence
• Forensic psychiatry
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Psychiatry and the law -- The doctor-patient relationship -- Confidentiality and testimonial privilege -- Informed consent and the right to refuse treatment -- Tort liability - Seclusion and restraint -- Involuntary hospitalization -- The suicidal patient -- Psychiatric responsibility and the violent patient -- Maintaining treatment boundaries.

ISBN

1585622494 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006024578

OCLC

• 70829700
• SCSB-10420683

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library