| Damages for Psychiatric Injuries Contributor(s): Butler, Des (Author) |
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ISBN: 1862874913 ISBN-13: 9781862874916 Publisher: Federation Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2004 Annotation: Damages for Psychiatric Injuries offers a critique of liability for psychiatric injury in Australia and England. Author Des Butler examines current understandings of psychiatric medicine, evaluates the legitimacy of past and current approaches to limiting liability, and examines the policy considerations which promote such limits. Butler also analyses the recommendations of the 2002 Ipp Panels Review of Negligence in Australia and resulting legislation. Succinct and readable, the book sets out a preferred approach to dealing with claims for psychiatric injuries, one which recognises the scientific advances of recent times and reflects good legal reasoning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Medical Law & Legislation |
| Dewey: 346.994 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.75 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offers a critique of liability for psychiatric injury in Australia and England. This book examines understandings of psychiatric medicine, evaluates the legitimacy of past and current approaches to limiting liability, and examines the policy considerations which promote such limits. |