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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Main Authors: Raimundo Nonato Delgado-Rodrigues, Alexander N. Allen, Leandro Galuzzi dos Santos, Carlos H. Schenck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2014-02-01
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