Law & psychiatry - Through a glass darkly: Functional neuroimaging evidence enters the courtroom

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-23

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047686065     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.1.21     Document Type: Short Survey

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