The American Psychological Association and detainee interrogations: Unanswered questions

Psychiatric Times

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 16-17

  Pope, Kenneth S ^c   Gutheil, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b International Academy of Law and Mental Health   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 49449111962     PISSN: 08932905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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