Extremely unbalanced: Interest divergence and power disparities between clients and psychiatry

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  McCubbin, Michael ^a   Cohen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030010274     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-2527(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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