TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - The so-called duty to warn: The psychotherapeutic duty to protect third parties from patients' violent acts
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Mills, Mark J.
SP  - 237
EP  - 257
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
N2  - This article discusses the much-misunderstood Tarasoff decision that requires psychotherapists to protect third parties from patients' violent acts. Through a normative approach, the paper analyzes four important issues: what to do when potential victims are unknown; what to do about the fact that the patients' potential for violence may be incorrectly perceived; the value of warning potential victims; and, the problem of discharging potentially violent patients from the hospital. The author proposes that the courts adopt a more flexible substantial departure test in most cases that involve psychiatric negligence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370020303
ID  - ref1
ER  -