Mental health policy in the liberal state: The example of the United States

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-100

  Grob, Gerald N ^a  

^a Health Care Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Mental; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FREEDOM; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549159727     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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