Human rights law in the field of mental health: A critical review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 101, Issue 399, 2000, Pages 24-30

  Harding, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethics; Human rights; Informed consent; Jurisprudence; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SOCIETY; UNITED NATIONS; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; POLICY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0033644408     PISSN: 00651591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2000.007s020[dash]6.x     Document Type: Review

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