Forensic psychiatry influences of evil

An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of "evil" in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the bel...

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Other Authors: Mason, Tom 1950-2011 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana Press 2006
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