Human rights and psychiatric care in Africa with particular reference to the Ethiopian situation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 101, Issue 399, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Alem, Atalay ^a  

^a AMANUEL MENTAL SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Human rights; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN TISSUE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRY; STANDARD;

AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0033643496     PISSN: 00651591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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