Legal self-defense for mental health practitioners quality care and risk management strategies / [electronic resource] :
Robert Henley Woody.
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2013.
- xiv, 168 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mental health practitioners under siege -- Social psychology of practitioner vulnerability: avoiding psychological errors -- Knowing the opposition -- A protective shield for professional services -- The practice context -- Business savvy: structuring and operating a mental health business -- Dealing with attorneys and the legal system -- Threatening and dangerous service users -- Appropriate defensiveness -- Avoiding ethical and licensing complaints and legal challenges.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Mental health personnel--Malpractice. Mental health personnel--Professional ethics.