Recent trends in forensic psychiatry training

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-415

  Layde, Joseph B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Psychiatry training

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EVALUATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344701439     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000139980.75683.03     Document Type: Review

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