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Litigation and the toxicity of psychotropic drugs
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Leonard, Brian E. |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | All drugs have side effects and given the increase in litigation for medical negligence that has occurred in Ireland in recent years, it would not be surprising to find that clinicians prescribing psychotropic drugs would also become the target for legal procedures if they fail to warn the patient about the possible side effects and toxicity of the drugs they are prescribing. The two extremes of the problem may be illustrated by the litigation carried out against some pharmaceutical firms and prescribers of benzodiazepines and the lack of such proceedings resulting from deaths of depressed patients who take an overdose of a prescribed antidepressant. |
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| Ending Page | 89 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| Starting Page | 88 |
| ISSN | 07909667 |
| e-ISSN | 20516967 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0790966700002585 |
| Journal | Irish journal of psychological medicine |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1996-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Irish journal of psychological medicine Medical Ethics Psychotropic Drugs |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Applied Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health History and Philosophy of Science |
