Psychiatric Expert Witnesses in the New Millennium

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 823-832

  Gutheil, Thomas G ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; COURT; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746848967     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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