Commentary: UK perspective on competency to stand trial

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-471

  Exworthy, Tim ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Redford Lodge Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPETENCE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUNSELING; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; REVIEW; SELF DEFENSE; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; CRIME; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34248678133     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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