PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Reena Kapoor
TI  - Commentary: On Doctors and Lawyers
DP  - 2010 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 590--591
VI  - 38
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/4/590.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/4/590.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2010 Dec 01; 38
AB  - Psychiatrists and attorneys often find collaboration difficult, even when working toward mutually beneficial goals. In this commentary, a young psychiatrist reflects upon the mismatch between physicians and attorneys. Differences in medical and legal training, as well as different personality styles and approaches to problem solving, may contribute to conflict. However, psychiatrists can benefit and learn from the attorneys' approach and apply it to situations in which advocacy for good patient care and the fundamental values of medicine is necessary.