Malpractice and the psychiatrist: A primer for residents

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-25

  Mossman, Douglas ^a,c   Kapp, Marshall B ^b  

^a Division of Forensic Psychiatry   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0031042151     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03341893     Document Type: Article

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