title: Medicolegal aspects of treating drug and alcohol addiction.
abstract: The authors present an overview of different areas of interface between medicine and the law, applicable to the treatment of patients with drug and alcohol problems. The five case reports are a sample of the medicolegal issues that can arise in the treatment of drug addicts and alcoholics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*