Rights of persons with mental illness in Central America

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 101, Issue 399, 2000, Pages 83-86

  Levav, Itzhak ^a   Gonzalez Uzcategui R ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Human rights; Mental patients

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT RIGHT; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0033660754     PISSN: 00651591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2000.007s020[dash]19.x     Document Type: Review

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