Psychiatry, the law and death on the roads

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 439-445

  Gordon, Harvey ^a,b  

^a Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAZARD; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUNISHMENT; RAGE; RISK; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8644263916     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.10.6.439     Document Type: Article

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