Practical legal and ethical considerations for the provision of acute disaster mental health services

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-322

  Call, John A ^a   Pfefferbaum, Betty ^b   Jenuwine, Michael J ^c   Flynn, Brian W ^d  

^a Crisis Management Consultants Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHAOS THEORY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRISIS THEORY; DISASTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LICENSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLIGENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIVACY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872047280     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2012.75.4.305     Document Type: Article

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