Legal responsibility for suicide

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1974 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Psychiatric Quarterly, volume 48, pages 50-64 (issn: 0033-2720, eissn: 1573-6709,

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Authors: P F, Slawson; D E, Flinn; D A, Schwartz;

doi: 10.1007/bf01574310

pmid: 4852655

Legal responsibility for suicide

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Abstract

Suicide is a frequent basis for malpractice actions in psychiatry. A review of pertinent court decisions between 1927 and 1962 showed a distinct trend toward greater accountability for both doctors and hospitals. Recent cases in California support this trend. Stricter liability may thwart treatment by compelling a conservative posture with primary emphasis on safe custody. Court decisions which threaten or punish the agency of treatment may do so at the patient's expense.

Related Organizations

University of California, Los Angeles
United States
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
United States

Keywords

Adult, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Male, Malpractice, Forensic Psychiatry, Middle Aged, California, Suicide, Humans, Female, Aged

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