Ethical problems in forensic-psychiatric assessment
Barbey, I.
Psychiatrische Praxis 15(5): 176-181
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4259 PMID: 3054984 Document Number: 319536
Forensic psychiatry as a subspecialty variously differs from general psychiatry. Therefore psychiatrists working in forensic psychiatry are confronted with ethical problems of other kind. In the following several ethical problems connecting with forensic psychiatric examination are pointed out. Finally the question is discussed, whether there is a need of special ethical guidelines for forensic psychiatry.