Sleep Forensics: a critical review of the literature and brief comments on the Brazilian legal situation
Sleep medicine is a relatively new field among Medical Sciences. Its legal aspects are still obscure, either for lack of knowledge of the biological mechanisms underlying violent behaviour during sleep or the virtual absence of clear legal and uniformly accepted guidelines as to whether to punish or...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2014-02-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000200164&lng=en&tlng=en |