Human rights of mental patients in India: A global perspective

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 547-551

  Sharma, Shridhar ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b D 127 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Ethics; Human rights; Mental patients

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0041926543     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200309000-00010     Document Type: Review

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