Title
Commentary: A new chapter for forensic ethics
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Date
9-2011
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
*Forensic Psychiatry; Humans; Publishing
Disciplines
Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
In response to a new ethics framework for forensic publishing, this commentary invites speculation on how the framework will develop to incorporate the theories of its authors. Although medical ethics may now be an established cornerstone for forensic practice, it is in the more novel theories of cultural narrative, compassion, and robust professionalism that this new ethic will find its full expression. The commentary argues that it is only through approaches that integrate such multiple perspectives that publishing will join professionalism in protecting the ethics values that remain vulnerable in forensic practice.
Comments
Citation: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011;39(3):342-4.