Causing psychiatric and emotional harm : reshaping the boundaries of legal liability / Harvey Teff.

Though mental harm can be profoundly disabling, the law imposes strict limits on who can recover damages for it. In the absence of physical injury, compensation is not normally available for negligently caused mental suffering, however severe, unless it constitutes a 'recognisable psychiatric i...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Teff, Harvey
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009.
Subjects:	Personal injuries. Liability for emotional distress. Negligence > Law and legislation. Damages.