Disaster behavioral health: Legal and ethical considerations in a rapidly changing field

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Flynn, Brian W ^a   Speier, Anthony H ^b  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health; Decision making; Disasters; Ethics; Law; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; ETHICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84901865142     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0457-9     Document Type: Article

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