Civil commitment due to mental illness and dangerousness: The union of law and psychiatry within a treatment-control system

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 679-699

  Dallaire, Bernadette ^a   McCubbin, Michael ^b   Morin, Paul ^c   Cohen, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Monteregie Rights Def Collect   (Canada)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034258534     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00226     Document Type: Article

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