title: Psychiatrists' duty to the public: protection from dangerous patients.
authors.forename: Judith T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Poltz
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003219:Confidentiality; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D017007:Duty to Warn; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D001523:Mental Disorders; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014754:Violence