PubMed · 2002 · 23 citations · 7 references
LawHealth LawPsychiatryDuty Of CareMental Health LawPublic Health LawDuty To ProtectDuty To WarnDuties To Third PartiesDuty To Treat Life-threatening ConditionsProtection Of Third PartiesPsychotherapist Duty To ProtectPsychotherapist-patient DutyState Duty To Warn StatutesTarasoff LiabilityThreats To Third Parties
A previous article in this Journal1 surveyed a psycho-therapist’s legal duty to warn third parties of violent threats made by a patient. Twenty-seven states im-pose an actual duty to warn (as did the seminal case of
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The Tarasoff Decisions: Suing Psychotherapists to Safeguard Society
Alan A. Stone · Harvard Law Review · 1976 · 86 citations
Law, Criminal Law, Psychiatry +16
Paul B. Herbert, Kathryn A. Young · PubMed · 2002 · 39 citations
Law, Psychiatry, Duty Of Care +10