Psychiatrists Have No Duty to Warn Third Parties of Patients' Threats: Tarasoff is Kicked Out of Texas... Finally!

Authors

Noreen M. Grant

Publication Date

3-1-2001

Document Type

Comment

Abstract

This Comment argues that the Texas Supreme Court was correct in declining to follow the Tarasoff doctrine, thereby excusing Texas psychiatrists from having to face this double-edged sword.

DOI

10.37419/TWLR.V7.I2.2

First Page

157

Last Page

182

Recommended Citation

Noreen M. Grant, Psychiatrists Have No Duty to Warn Third Parties of Patients' Threats: Tarasoff is Kicked Out of Texas... Finally!, 7 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 157 (2001).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/TWLR.V7.I2.2