The labelling of dissent - Politics and psychiatry behind the Great Wall

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 443-444

  Lyons, Decian ^a   O'Malley, Art ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Staveleigh Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHINA; CRIME; DETENTION; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POLICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; TORTURE;

EID: 0036897992     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.26.12.443     Document Type: Editorial

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