Strategies of social and sexual control of Malaysian women in psychiatric institutional care

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 581-595

  Crabtree, Sara Ashencaen ^a  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LESBIANISM; MALAYSIA; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POLICY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONTROL; WARD;

ANECDOTES; BATTERED WOMEN; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 3042590031     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490444849     Document Type: Article

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