Interpretive flexibility: Why doesn't insight incite controversy in mental health law?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-101

  Diesfeld, Kate ^a   Sjöström, Stefan ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; JURISPRUDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33947120697     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.705     Document Type: Article

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