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Dear Dr. Mossman, I am retired, but an attorney friend of mine has asked me to help out by performing forensic evaluations. I’m tempted to try it...
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- Douglas Mossman, MD
Last week, I hospitalized a patient against her will, based in part on what her family members told me she had threatened to do. The patient...
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