Criteria for involuntary hospitalisation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 729-733

  McLachlan, A J ^a   Mulder, R T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Committal; Dangerousness; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 0032863762     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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