The politics of a new Mental Health Act

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue JULY, 2003, Pages 8-9

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; EDITORIAL; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH ACT (GREAT BRITAIN); MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0037625433     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.1.8     Document Type: Editorial

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