The Development of the Interface between Law, Medicine and Psychiatry: Medico-Legal Perspectives in History

The Development of the Interface between Law, Medicine and Psychiatry: Medico-Legal Perspectives in History

Medicine and law were related from early times. This relation resulted as a necessity of protecting communities from the irresponsible acts of impostors. Various legal codes dealing with medical malpractice existed in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Islam, Greece, Rome, Persia and India. Over the course...

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Main Author: M Swanepoel
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2009-12-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Subjects:
Law
medicine
psychiatry
history of psychiatry
history of law
Hammurabi
Hippocrates
Law in the Hippocratic Corpus
Canon Law
first documented Code of Laws by human civilisation
'madness'
'insanity'
mental disorders
physician liability
advent of medical specialism
paleopathology
pre-historical beliefs
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Nile Valley
Greece and Rome
imperitia culpae adnumeratur
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