Civil commitment in Turkey: Reflections on a bill drafted by psychiatrists

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Arikan, Rasim ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a   Sercan, Mustafa ^b   Turkcan, Solmaz ^b   Satmis, Nevzat ^b   Polat, Aslihan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Bakirkoy Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases   (Turkey)

^c German Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bill of Rights; Civil commitment; Involuntarily hospitalization; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PSYCHIATRY; TURKEY;

EID: 33845462164     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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