1. American Medical Association (AMA) 2008 Code of Medical Ethics: Current Opinions with Annotations, 2008-2009
2. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) 2005 Ethics Guidelines for the Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
3. American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2008 The Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry
4. A theory of ethics for forensic psychiatry;Appelbaum;Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,1997
5. Barefoot v Estelle 1983