Principles of Addictions and the Law
Subtitle: Applications in Forensic, Mental Health, and Medical Practice
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780080924762
Description: The book includes an examination of sources of law important to addiction and its treatment. The foundations for forensic work in professional legal testimony is explored (e.g., legal system, case law precedent, statutes governing addictions, civil and criminal procedures). The science of addiction is featured including the biology of addiction, addiction as a brain disease, responsibility vs. loss of control, development of addictions, and the role of genetics and environment. Drug testing, its uses with forensic populations, what the tests show and do not show, controversies in using tests i.
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Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Principles of Addictions and the Law: Applications in Forensic, Mental Health, and Medical Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Basic Legal Structure and Organization; Chapter 2. Addictions and the Law; Chapter 3. Physician Practice of Addictions in Medical Practice; Chapter 4. Medical Licensure and Credentialing; Chapter 5. Privacy within the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 6. Bioethical Decisions, Substance Use and Addiction: The Clinical Context; Chapter 7. Domestic Public Health Law; title: Chapter 8. International Law, Public Health and AddictionChapter 9. Medical Malpractice; Chapter 10. Expert Witness in Civil and Criminal Testimony; Chapter 11. Forensic Considerations in Blood Alcohol Evaluation; Chapter 12. Pharmacological Drug Effects on Brain and Behavior; Chapter 13. Forensic Toxicology; Chapter 14. Forensic Psychiatry, Substance Use and Mental Illness; Chapter 15. Legal Rights of Fetuses and Young Children; Chapter 16. Criminal Po