Legal rights and responsibilities of adolescents and staff in Victorian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 805-812

  Birleson, Peter ^a  

^a Psychiatric Services Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030484743     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065048     Document Type: Article

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