Ethics in forensic psychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 599-603

  Taborda, José G V ^a   Abdalla Filho, Elias ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethical framework; Ethics; Euthanasia; Forensic psychiatry; Tarasoff like warnings

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036844941     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200211000-00007     Document Type: Review

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