AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial: A Canadian legal perspective

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-508

  O'Shaughnessy, Roy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMPETENCE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NOTE;

CANADA; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 38049024081     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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