Professor Stone revisits the landscape of forensic ethics first addressed two decades ago both in a presentation to American Academy of Psychiatry and Law and in his book, Law, Psychiatry and Morality. While at present there exists no uniform ethical guideline, forensic psychiatrists now have many options for moral guidance in the courtroom, and this situation is the beginning of ethical development for the profession.
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