Ethical Practice in Psychiatry and the Law

I. Issues and Approaches.- 1. The Ethics of Forensic Psychiatry: A View from the Ivory Tower.- 2. Forensic Psychiatry: A Subspeciality.- 3. The Role of Traditional Medical Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry.- 4. Competing Medical and Legal Ethical Values: Balancing Problems of the Forensic Psychiatrist.- II. Models and Guidelines for Ethical Practice.- 5. The Psychiatric Expert Witness: Honest Advocate or "Hired Gun"?.- 6. The Role of the (Psychiatric) Expert in the Judicial Process.- 7. The Impartial Expert: Myth or Reality?.- 8. Ethical Issues Involved in the Dual Role of Treater and Evaluator.- 9. Ethical Considerations of Giving Miranda-Type Warnings in Psychiatric Evaluations in Criminal Cases.- 10. Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry.- 11. Adjudication of AAPL Ethical Complaints: A Proposal.- 12. Ethical Problems Regarding Sex between Therapist and Patient.- III. Applications.- 13. Prediction of Dangerousness in Different Contexts.- 14. Treating Patients Who Threaten Violence: Ethical Concerns.- 15. Ethics and the Death Penalty: Participation by Forensic Psychiatrists in Capital Trials.- 16. HIV Infections and AIDS: Neuropsychiatric, Psychosocial, and Legal Issues.- 17. The New Sexual Issues: Public Policy Implications.- 18. Surrogate Parenting: Some Guiding Principles for a Legislative Response.- 19. The Use of Psychiatric Expertise in Sex Offender Cases.- 20. Clinical Judgment and Value Judgment: Moral Foundations of Psychiatric and Legal Determinations of the Status of Homosexuality.- 21. Protecting the Rights of the Elderly.- 22. Ethical Issues in Mandatory Drug Testing.- Appendix: AAPL Ethical Guidelines for the Practice of Forensic Psychiatry.