The bournewood judgment: A way forward?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-284

  Dickenson, Donna ^b   Shah, Ajit ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; R. V. BOURNEWOOD COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH N.H.S. TRUST, EX PARTE L;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; R. V. BOURNEWOOD COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH N.H.S. TRUST, EX PARTE L;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033203673     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900402     Document Type: Article

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