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Legal Aspects of Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

P. K. McCowan*
Affiliation:
Crichton Royal, Dumfries

Extract

This article deals with legal happenings, actual or prospective, in so far as they have a bearing on psychiatry. Both civil and criminal law are included, but no reference is made to juvenile delinquency, which is included in the article in this series contributed by Dr. Norwood East. No attempt has been made to deal with foreign literature or any changes in the law of foreign countries.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1944 

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