'I vote. I count': Mental disability and the right to vote

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 849-850

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTELLIGENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POLITICS; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033937826     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.7.849     Document Type: Short Survey

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