Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry: Minimizing Harm

Ethical medical practice and treatment in psychiatry is based on the concept of first do no harm. However, this cannot, and does not, apply to forensic cases where there is no doctor-patient relationship and the forensic psychiatrist may indeed cause harm to the examinee. This book analyzes ethical [...]
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Ethical medical practice and treatment in psychiatry is based on the concept of first do no harm. However, this cannot, and does not, apply to forensic cases where there is no doctor-patient relationship and the forensic psychiatrist may indeed cause harm to the examinee. This book analyzes ethical issues affecting forensic psychiatric practice.