Clinical Psychiatry and the Law

New edition of a thorough guide to legal issues pertaining to the psychiatrist-patient relationship, patient rights, somatic therapies, violent patients, and negligent treatment. Also includes discussion of the psychiatrist's professional relationship with nonmedical therapists, defamation in clinical practice, the impaired psychiatrist, and coping with malpractice litigation. Appendices comprise the principles of medical ethics with annotations applicable to psychiatry, sample forms, a glossary of legal terms, and a listing of common abbreviations and terms used in legal citations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.