This article has attempted to outline some of the important ethical issues faced by the
psychiatrist in the forensic role. Much of forensic psychiatry is practiced by general …

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law as the outstanding organization of forensic
psychiatrists in the country, the origination of the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry in …

This article offers a justification for a set of principles that constitute the ethical underpinnings
of forensic psychiatry. Like professional ethics in general, the principles are based on the …

Describes applied clinical ethics, a new and specific method of identifying and working with
ethical problems for forensic psychiatrists. This method begins with the clinical situation or …

The authors briefly describe and then apply a new method--applied clinical ethics--for
identifying and working with ethical problems. This method, starting from the clinical context …

In this reply to the views of AA Stone (see record 1985-10628-001), the author, an attorney,
suggests that the forensic psychiatrist is not a caregiver and should not be held to the …

The recent literature on ethical problems in forensic psychiatry is reviewed. Contemporary
ethical conflicts in the field are related to wider ethical concerns in medicine and society. The …

The term ethicscan be described generically as a way of examining moral life. Whereas
ethics often refers to theoretical perspectives, morality most often refers to actual conduct …

Suggests that A. Stone's (1980) story," The parable of the forensic psychiatrist," describes
the central ethical enigmas of forensic psychiatry. Although the anguish of psychiatrists …

The authors conclude that the discussion on the ethics of forensic expertise should be more
comprehensive. The debate should include the search for equilibrium between objectivity …