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The So-Called Duty to Warn: The Psychotherapeutic Duty to Protect Third Parties From Patients' Violent Acts.
- Source :
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Behavioral Sciences & the Law . Summer84, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p237-257. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- This article discusses the much-misunderstood Tarasoff decision that requires psychotherapists to protect third parties from patients' violent acts. Through a normative approach, the paper analyzes four important issues: what to do when potential victims are unknown; what to do about the fact that the patients' potential for violence may be incorrectly perceived; the value of warning potential victims; and, the problem of discharging potentially violent patients from the hospital. The author proposes that the courts adopt a more flexible substantial departure test in most cases that involve psychiatric negligence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07353936
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16402976
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370020303