Abstract
Here surely is the scriptural authority for the existence of forensic psychiatry, even though one interpretation of the text could be that medical care is a fate literally worse than death. In fact, however, forensic psychiatry grew up largely from the efforts of lawyers to use medical expertise to save their clients from the execution of a death sentence, and their efforts antedate the historic trial of Hadfield by many years, indeed centuries.
Highlights
Surely is the scriptural authority for the existence of forensic psychiatry, even though one interpretation of the text could be that medical care is a fate literally worse than death
Forensic psychiatry grew up largely from the efforts of lawyers to use medical expertise to save their clients from the execution of a death sentence, and their efforts antedate the historic trial of Hadfield by many years, centuries
It is worthy of note that just a few years later, in 1812, Bellingham, just as manifestly psychotic as Hadfield, shot dead the Prime Minister, Spencer Percival, and was tried, senMtecnNceadugahntdene'xseccuatseed, ianll w18it4h3i.nisa omftaetnterheolfddtaoysb.e the 'fons et origo' of forensic psychiatry, and the eponymous
Summary
Surely is the scriptural authority for the existence of forensic psychiatry, even though one interpretation of the text could be that medical care is a fate literally worse than death. Forensic psychiatry grew up largely from the efforts of lawyers to use medical expertise to save their clients from the execution of a death sentence, and their efforts antedate the historic trial of Hadfield by many years, centuries.
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