The 'mentally disordered' provisions of the New South Wales Mental Health Act 1990: Their ethical standing and effect on services

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-266

  Patfield, Martyn ^a  

^a Bloomfield Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Irrationality; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DETENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33747598483     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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