Lawyers' attitudes toward involuntary treatment

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 492-500

  Luchins, Daniel J ^a   Cooper, Amy E ^a   Hanrahan, Patricia ^a   Heyrman, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAWYER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ATTITUDE; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LAWYERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 34248672529     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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