Human rights of persons with mental illness in Indonesia: More than legislation is needed

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Irmansyah, I ^a,d   Prasetyo, Y A ^b,d   Minas, H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b Jalan Latuharhari 4B   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d National Taskforce on Mental Health System Development in Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INDONESIA; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 68849127676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-3-14     Document Type: Article

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