Abstract
Three implicit legal demands influence clinical decision making in the treatment of every suicidal patient. They are
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predicting suicidal risk;
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providing reasonable standards of care; and
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assessing patient competency.
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Schoonover, S.C. (1982). Clinical Comment. In: Bassuk, E.L., Schoonover, S.C., Gill, A.D. (eds) Lifelines. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4205-2_17
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