Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners
Subtitle: quality care and risk management strategies
By: Robert Henley Woody
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826195654
Subjects: Mental health personnel; Professional ethics; Malpractice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mental health practitioners under siege; title: Social psychology of practitioner vulnerability: avoiding psychological errors; title: Knowing the opposition; title: A protective shield for professional services; title: The practice context; title: Business savvy: structuring and operating a mental health business; title: Dealing with attorneys and the legal system; title: Threatening and dangerous service users; title: Appropriate defensiveness; title: Avoiding ethical and licensing complaints and legal challenges.