Lies and coercion: Why psychiatrists should not participate in police and intelligence interrogations

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-478

  Janofsky, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INTELLIGENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PAIN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIST; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CRIME; ETHICS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

COERCION; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; DECEPTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MORALS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POLICE; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247477369     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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