Out of the shadows: Using human rights approaches to secure dignity and well-being for people with mental disabilities

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 0296-0298

  Yamin, Alicia Ely ^a,b   Rosenthal, Eric ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mental Disability Rights International   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 19344373129     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020071     Document Type: Review

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