Ethics in forensic psychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 507-510

  Taborda, José G V ^a,d   Abdalla Filho, Elias ^b   Garrafa, Volnei ^c  

^a Federal Faculty of Medical Sciences of Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b Legal Medicine Institute of Brasília   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethical framework; Ethics; Forensic expertise; Forensic psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NARRATIVE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHODYNAMICS; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

FORECASTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS;

EID: 34548431714     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32827851eb     Document Type: Review

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