Risk assessment in a multi-disciplinary forensic setting: Clinical judgement revisited

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 276-289

  Fuller, Julian ^a   Cowan, Justin ^b  

^a Langdon Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical judgement; Forensic; Multidisciplinary; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033382575     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908403681     Document Type: Article

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