Electroconvulsive therapy: Administrative codes, legislation, and professional recommendations

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 406-411

  Harris, Victoria ^a  

^a Stevens Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; REVIEW;

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845987478     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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