Why do present-day mental health professionals practice the way that they do? Over the past fifty years, a number of landmark court holdings have changed such basic principles as what material is confidential, how civil commitment and involuntary treatment are conducted, and when a therapist has a duty to protect the public from a dangerous patient. Unlike most legal texts, this volume explores these complex principles through the human stories of the litigants involved.
ISBN: | 9781108432658 |
Publication date: | 28th February 2019 |
Author: | Peter (Emory University, Atlanta) Ash |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 182 pages |
Genres: |
Medicolegal issues Mental health services Medical and healthcare law Clinical psychology |