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Abortion law in England: the medicalization of a crime.
Grubb A. Grubb A. Law Med Health Care. 1990 Spring-Summer;18(1-2):146-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1990.tb01143.x. Law Med Health Care. 1990. PMID: 2197511 Review.
Abortion law in England has changed a great deal throughout its legal history. Starting with total prohibition in Common Law and ending up a state regulated therapeutic medical procedure. ...
Abortion law in England has changed a great deal throughout its legal history. Starting with total prohibition in Common Law a …
The legal status of suicide: A global review.
Mishara BL, Weisstub DN. Mishara BL, et al. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2016 Jan-Feb;44:54-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.032. Epub 2015 Sep 13. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2016. PMID: 26375452 Review.
The vast majority of countries have laws making it illegal to abet, aid or encourage suicide, but the nature and punishment of the actions that are illegal varies. Laws in places with Civil, Common Law, Islamic Law and Traditional Law systems are compared. ...
The vast majority of countries have laws making it illegal to abet, aid or encourage suicide, but the nature and punishment of the actions t …
Common law correction.
Mulligan D. Mulligan D. Hastings Cent Rep. 1996 May-Jun;26(3):2-3. Hastings Cent Rep. 1996. PMID: 8736664 No abstract available.
The police and mental health.
Lamb HR, Weinberger LE, DeCuir WJ Jr. Lamb HR, et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Oct;53(10):1266-71. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.10.1266. Psychiatr Serv. 2002. PMID: 12364674 Review.
This article examines and comments on the issues raised by this phenomenon as it affects both the law enforcement and mental health systems. Two common-law principles provide the rationale for the police to take responsibility for persons with mental illness: their …
This article examines and comments on the issues raised by this phenomenon as it affects both the law enforcement and mental health systems. …
Spousal homicide.
Wilson M, Daly M. Wilson M, et al. Juristat. 1994 Mar;14(8):1-14. Juristat. 1994. PMID: 12295370 English, French.
Among the findings highlighted in this paper are: spousal homicide rates have remained stable with an average of 17 victims per million couples per annum over the period 1974-92; there is a substantial variation in provincial spousal homicide rates, with the lowest rates in the N …
Among the findings highlighted in this paper are: spousal homicide rates have remained stable with an average of 17 victims per million coup …
Suicide as a crime in the UK: legal history, international comparisons and present implications.
Neeleman J. Neeleman J. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1996 Oct;94(4):252-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09857.x. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1996. PMID: 8911560 Review.
Suicide was a crime in England and Wales until 1961. This paper compares the English legal treatment of suicide with that in other Western countries. The delayed English decriminalization of suicide is a likely result of the nature of English common law, rath …
Suicide was a crime in England and Wales until 1961. This paper compares the English legal treatment of suicide with that in other We …
Common law duties to unborn children.
Whitfield A. Whitfield A. Med Law Rev. 1993 Jan;1(1):28-52. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/1.1.28. Med Law Rev. 1993. PMID: 11653233 No abstract available.
The Tarasoff rule: the implications of interstate variation and gaps in professional training.
Johnson R, Persad G, Sisti D. Johnson R, et al. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014;42(4):469-77. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014. PMID: 25492073 Review.
These duties may be codified in legislative statutes, established in common law through court rulings, or remain unspecified. Furthermore, the duty to warn or protect is not only variable between states but also has been dynamic across time. ...
These duties may be codified in legislative statutes, established in common law through court rulings, or remain unspecified. …
The nurses' power to detain informal psychiatric patients: a review of the statutory and common law provisions in England and Wales.
Houlihan GD. Houlihan GD. J Adv Nurs. 2000 Oct;32(4):864-70. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01550.x. J Adv Nurs. 2000. PMID: 11095224 Review.
This paper explores the extent to which nurses can use statutory and common law provisions as lawful authority to detain informal psychiatric patients. ...One of the most confusing areas in law is the extent to which common law powers can be used by nu …
This paper explores the extent to which nurses can use statutory and common law provisions as lawful authority to detain infor …
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