PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Thomas G. Gutheil
AU  - Archie Brodsky
TI  - Commentary: <em>Tarasoff</em> Duties Arising From a Forensic Independent Medical Examination
DP  - 2010 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 57--60
VI  - 38
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/1/57.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/38/1/57.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2010 Mar 01; 38
AB  - The question of whether a Tarasoff duty may emerge from a credible threat by an examinee during an independent medical examination has not been extensively addressed in the professional literature. This article analyzes that question and provides suggestions for how to respond to a perceived duty.