Who should take responsibility for antisocial personality disorder?: Fallon suggests emphasising custody, but psychiatrists' future role remains unclear

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7178, 1999, Pages 206-207

  Eastman, Nigel ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0033596502     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7178.206     Document Type: Editorial

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