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The focus of this section is on the practical application of basic ethical and legal principles to the practice of medicine. After a brief overview, several case studies will illustrate the practical application of pertinent ethical and legal principles in the management of psychiatric illness in the geriatric population.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ana Hategan

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott and White Health Central Texas Division, Dallas, TX, USA

    James A. Bourgeois

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, Canada

    James A. Bourgeois

  4. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, USA

    Tracy Cheng

  5. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Farmington, NM, USA

    Julie Young

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Hategan, A., Bourgeois, J.A., Cheng, T., Young, J. (2018). Ethics and Law. In: Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77128-1_4

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