Therapeutic risk management of clinical-legal dilemmas: Should it be a core competency?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Simon, Robert I ^a,c   Shuman, Daniel W ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SMU Dedman School of Law   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DOCUMENTATION; DUTY TO WARN; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 67650882247     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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