Warning a potential victim of a person's dangerousness: Clinician's duty or victim's right?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-348

  Felthous, Alan R ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chester Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

CRIME VICTIMS; DUTY TO WARN; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33845976688     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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