On the justification for civil commitment

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 101, Issue 399, 2000, Pages 65-71

  Høyer, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Commitment of the mentally ill; Effectiveness; Ethics; Freedom; Psychiatry; Social values

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0003285795     PISSN: 00651591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2000.007s020[dash]16.x     Document Type: Review

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