Present at the creation: Mental health law in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1299-1300

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN EUROPE; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LANGUAGE; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; USSR;

EID: 0031692668     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.10.1299     Document Type: Short Survey

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