The Development of the Interface between Law, Medicine and Psychiatry: Medico-Legal Perspectives in History
Medicine and law were related from early times.This relation resulted as a necessity of protecting communities from the irresponsible acts of impostors.Various legal codes dealing with medical malpractice existed in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Islam, Greece, Rome, Persia and India.Over the course of the past 30 years, interest in the history of psyc