PMID: 3768540Jan 1, 1986Paper

Lasting rights and last rites: a case report

The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
P Rodenhauser

Abstract

The contrast between legal and clinical perceptions of reality, characterized as discrete versus continuous in nature, generates dilemmas for both professions. Individuals in conflict with either system are especially vulnerable to the philosophical serrations at the interface between psychiatry and the law. A case example, which serves to magnify the gripping impact of these diverse and powerful institutions, raises various issues for examination and discussion.

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