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Jail Physician Liability in Detainee's Death by Suicide

Nicole Sussman and Christopher Fields
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2020, 48 (4) 565-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200090-20
Nicole Sussman
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vol. 48 no. 4 565-567
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200090-20

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  • Published online December 23, 2020.

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  1. Nicole Sussman, MD
  1. Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
  1. Christopher Fields, MD
  1. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
    Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical University of South Carolina
    Charleston, South Carolina

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Nicole Sussman, Christopher Fields
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