Tipping the Scales
Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Managing Severe Eating Disorders
$150.93
- Paperback
230 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2020
Summary
Tipping the Scales: Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Managing Severe Eating Disorders centers on the complex and at times wrenching medicolegal and ethical challenges encountered in treating patients with severe and enduring eating disorders (SEEDs). Unlike other mental health disorders, for which the care of a medical physician is typically unnecessary, patients with eating disorders have many significant medical complications that demand careful oversight by a physician knowledgeable …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781615373499 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1615373497 |
| Author: | Patricia Westmoreland |
| Publisher: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Imprint: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 230 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
This book is a useful read, especially for people who specialize in treating patients with eating disorders. As far as books on ethics, it provides a good weaving of ethical principles in the specific situations in which clinicians may find themselves.
– Weston Anderson, DO * Doody *About The Author
Patricia Westmoreland
Patricia Westmoreland, M.D., is an adult, consultation-liaison, and forensic psychiatrist whose clinical practice focuses on women’s mental health. As part of her forensic practice, she is a consultant at the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health and adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado in Denver.
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