Personal Injury: The Independent Medical Examination in Psychology and Psychiatry

Handbook of Forensic Assessment: Psychological and Psychiatric Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 276-302

  Miller, Laurence ^a   Sadoff, Robert L ^b   Dattilio, Frank M ^c  

^a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent medical examination; Mental health; Personal injury; Psychiatry; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886483804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093399.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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