Formal justifications for compulsory psychiatric detention

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-326

  Dixon, Mandy ^a,b   Oyebode, Femi ^b   Brannigan, Chris ^c  

^a Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ravensbury House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POVERTY AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034305484     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000407     Document Type: Article

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