RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lasting Rights and Last Rites: A Case Report
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 281
OP 286
VO 14
IS 3
A1 Rodenhauser, Paul
YR 1986
UL http://jaapl.org/content/14/3/281.abstract
AB The contrast between legal and clinical perceptions of reality, characterized as discrete versus continuous in nature, generates dilemmas for both professions. Individuals in conflict with either system are especially vulnerable to the philosophical serrations at the interface between psychiatry and the law. A case example, which serves to magnify the gripping impact of these diverse and powerful institutions, raises various issues for examination and discussion.