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Judgements of Solomon: the relevance of a systems approach to psychiatric court reports in child care cases
Author(s) -
Tufnell Guinevere
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1993.00769.x
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , psychology , work (physics) , psychiatry , law , political science , mechanical engineering , engineering
This study examines the way in which systems approaches have been used in court reports by a group of child psychiatrists experienced in medico‐legal work, and explores some ways in which these reports differ from those derived from a more individually based ‘psychiatric’ approach. The appropriateness of applying a systems approach to court work is also discussed.