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ACCREDITED PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE
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Harold J. Bursztajn, MD
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www.forensic-psych.com |
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harold_bursztajn@hms.harvard.edu |
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Telephone: (617) 492-8366
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Fax: (617) 441-3195
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Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D., Harvard Medical School Co-Founder of the
Program in Psychiatry and the Law and Associate Professor, is distinguished
in direct patient care, teaching, and research. He often consults to and leads
multi-specialty expert teams in clinical and forensic analysis in a variety of
areas of expertise. He consults to plaintiff and defense counsel, insurance
companies, and state and federal agencies as an expert in general and
forensic psychiatry, medical malpractice, and professional ethics. He also
has nationwide experience as an expert qualified to testify in state and
federal courts. |
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Areas of Expertise include:
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Malpractice, informed consent
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Employment: disability, workers' compensation, sexual
harassment, discrimination, ADA
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Emotional & physical damages: conscious pain &
suffering, PTSD
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Neuropsychiatry, brain injury, pain management
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Product liability & toxic tort
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Criminal justice, diminished capacity
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Family issues: divorce & custody, testamentary capacity
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Professional ethics
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Dr. Bursztajn, a Principal Harvard Medical School student mentor, has
published numerous articles and chapters in standard texts in medicine,
medical decision making, clinical ethics, psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and
forensic psychiatry.
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He has also authored the following books:
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"Divided Staffs, Divided Selves: A Case Approach to
Mental Health Ethics"
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"Medical Choices, Medical Chances: How Patients,
Families and Physicians Can Cope with Uncertainty"
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"Decision Making in Psychiatry and the Law"
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