1. Thus far and how much farther? -- 2. A medical perspective -- 3. Step by cautious step -- 4. Competing policy considerations -- 5. Bright lines and boundary stones -- 6. Stopping the thing where good sense stops it
Summary
Offers a critique of liability for psychiatric injury in Australia and England. The author examines current day understandings of psychiatric medicine, evaluates the legitimacy of past and current approaches to limiting liability, and examines the policy considerations which promote such limits
