The anxieties and uncertainties created by the increased threat of being
sued for malpractice can interfere with the psychiatrist's provision of
good clinical care. Through a general overview--as well as a discussion
of specific legal cases--this volume presents the major malpractice
traps encountered in everyday psychiatric practice.


Psychiatric Malpractice: Cases and Comments for Clinicians

<p>What are the facts about psychiatric malpractice? Is it increasing? If so, how rapidly? What areas of psychiatric practice pose higher risks of legal liability? </p><p>The anxieties and uncertainties created by the increased threat of being sued for malpractice can interfere with the psychiatrist's provision of good clinical care. Through a general overview--as well as a discussion of specific legal cases--this volume presents the major malpractice traps encountered in everyday psychiatric practice.</p>

Psychiatric Malpractice: Cases and Comments for CliniciansHardcover, 30 April 1992

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