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The Bitter Pill Of Empiricism: Health Maintenance Organizations, Informed Consent, And The Reasonable Psychotherapist Standard Of Care, Ellen Wertheimer Aug 2001

The Bitter Pill Of Empiricism: Health Maintenance Organizations, Informed Consent, And The Reasonable Psychotherapist Standard Of Care, Ellen Wertheimer

Ellen Wertheimer

Although adequate for holding most professionals to certain levels of conduct, the doctrine of negligence has traditionally been difficult to apply to treatment decisions in the mental health arena. The reasons offered for this difficulty all appear to revolve around the fact that psychology is still very much a philosophy and not a science, making it difficult to establish a clear standard of care. The advent of managed behavioral health care, with its accompanying emphasis on scientifically supported intervention, promises to rectify this situation. Managed behavioral health care is forcing the field of psychotherapy into changing its fundamental nature, from …


Causation In Toxic Tort Litigation: Which Way Do We Go, Judge, Laurie Alberts Jan 2001

Causation In Toxic Tort Litigation: Which Way Do We Go, Judge, Laurie Alberts

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

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Lessons From Abroad: Complexity And Convergence, Linda S. Mullenix Jan 2001

Lessons From Abroad: Complexity And Convergence, Linda S. Mullenix

Villanova Law Review

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The Bitter Pill Of Empiricism: Health Maintenance Organizations, Informed Consent And The Reasonable Psychotherapist Standard Of Care, Geoffrey R. Marczyk, Ellen Wertheimer Jan 2001

The Bitter Pill Of Empiricism: Health Maintenance Organizations, Informed Consent And The Reasonable Psychotherapist Standard Of Care, Geoffrey R. Marczyk, Ellen Wertheimer

Villanova Law Review

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More Than Just Bad Blood: Reasonably Assessing Fear Of Aids Claims, Alexander Santee Jan 2001

More Than Just Bad Blood: Reasonably Assessing Fear Of Aids Claims, Alexander Santee

Villanova Law Review

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Flying The Overly Friendly Skies: Expanding The Definition Of An Accident Under The Warsaw Convention To Include Co-Passenger Sexual Assaults, Davis L. Wright Jan 2001

Flying The Overly Friendly Skies: Expanding The Definition Of An Accident Under The Warsaw Convention To Include Co-Passenger Sexual Assaults, Davis L. Wright

Villanova Law Review

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