Malpractice and Professional Liability

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Malpractice and Professional Liability Peter Ash Barry Nurcombe Malpractice litigation and other forms of formal legal investigation of medical care, such as state medical licensing board investigations, are society’s means…

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Adoption

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Adoption Rachel Margaret Ann Brown Adoption refers to a formal action in which an adult assumes primary legal and other parental responsibilities for another, usually a minor. Although this formal…

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Divorce and Child Custody

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Divorce and Child Custody Anlee D. Kuo John B. Sikorski Introduction The evolution of current American attitudes and concepts of family, marriage, divorce, and childrearing responsibilities has been highly influenced…

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Schools

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Schools Jeff Q. Bostic Bradley Stein Mary Schwab-Stone Schools are among the most valuable sites for child psychiatrists to promote mental health. Almost all children attend schools, where many of…

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Life-Limiting Illness, Palliative Care, and Bereavement

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Life-Limiting Illness, Palliative Care, and Bereavement John P. Glazer David J. Schonfeld Pediatric Palliative Medicine Some 500,000 children suffer from life-limiting illness and 50,000 die annually in the United States…

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies Lynelle E. Thomas Robert A. King Nature and Scope The emergency nature of a child or adolescent psychiatric problem is defined both by the severity…

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Epilepsy

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Epilepsy Gautami Rao Yann B. Poncin Joseph González-Heydrich Epilepsy, or recurrent seizures, is one of the more prevalent chronic disorders affecting children. Studies have consistently found that children and adolescents…

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Psychosocial Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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Psychosocial Aspects of HIV/AIDS Robert A. Murphy Karen J. O’Donnell Kathryn Whetten Jean Adnopoz Psychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection The epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome…

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