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Confidentiality And The "Dangerous" Patient: Implications Of Tarasoff For Psychiatrists And Lawyers, Vanessa Merton
Confidentiality And The "Dangerous" Patient: Implications Of Tarasoff For Psychiatrists And Lawyers, Vanessa Merton
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This essay examines the role conflict of the professional whose patient or client may be “dangerous” to others, and the ways in which professional standards of ethics and practice, incorporated by judicial ruling, contribute to that role conflict. The paper's focus is on the plight of the psychiatrist, but it also addresses the strain felt by the lawyer who either represents such a client or is asked to advise a psychiatrist who has such a patient. It suggests that health-care providers are not altogether justified in assigning sole responsibility for some of their professional difficulties to the law's incursions on …
Comment On The Plain English Movement, David S. Cohen
Comment On The Plain English Movement, David S. Cohen
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The purpose of this comment is to demonstrate that plain English contracts may carry more risks than benefits; the approach may, in fact, present a regressive stage in the evolution of consumer law.