Ambivalence about community treatment orders

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-255

  Dawson, John ^a   Romans, Sarah ^a   Gibbs, Anita ^a   Ratter, Nikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPIRICISM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL PATIENT; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE;

EID: 0037402863     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00035-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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