Mental health and due process in the Americas: Protecting the human rights of persons involuntarily admitted to and detained in psychiatric institutions

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 366-373

  Gable, Lance ^a   Vásquez, Javier ^b   Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Jiménez, Heidi V ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Human rights; Institutionalization; Mental health; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT RIGHT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LATIN AMERICA; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 33645263382     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000900017     Document Type: Article

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