Political abuse of psychiatry in Soviet Union and in China: Complexities and controversies

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 136-144

  Bonnie, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIETY; USSR;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

CHINA; COERCION; COMMUNISM; COMPLICITY; CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0036207154     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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