For example, allegations of nursing negligence must usually be supported by testimony from a nurse-expert; a psychiatrist is unlikely to be allowed to testify about the standard of care for surgeons. This principle often applies to the defendant's occupation or specialty, and not so much to ...
For example, allegations of nursing negligence must usually be supported by testimony from a nurse-expert; a psychiatrist is unlikely to be allowed to testify about the standard of care for surgeons. This principle often applies to the defendant's occupation or specialty, and not so much to ...
Psychiatry emerged as a separate field of study at the end of the 18th century. In Norway, the first asylum was founded in Gaustad near Oslo in 1855. Before that time, difficult psychiatric patients were kept in “madhouses,” small institutions connected to hospitals, town halls or prisons....
For example, allegations of nursing negligence must usually be supported by testimony from a nurse-expert; a psychiatrist is unlikely to be allowed to testify about the standard of care for surgeons. This principle often applies to the defendant's occupation or specialty, and not so much to ...