Addressing bias in the forensic assessment of sexual harassment claims

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-578

  Gold, Liza H ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COURT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; TRAINING;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0032412253     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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