The Mental Health Act and Professional Hostage Taking

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-68

  Mason, Tom ^b   Jennings, Les ^a  

^a ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 0030638480     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700114     Document Type: Article

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