Legal considerations in the child psychiatric emergency department

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 745-761

  Fortunati Jr , Frank G ^a,b   Zonana, Howard V ^a,c  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Arthur Brisbane Child Treatm Center   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142060027     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-4993(03)00036-1     Document Type: Review

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