Towards 2000: Rights, Responsibilites and Process in the Reform of Mental Health Law

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-69

  Zifcak, Spercer ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70449384559     PISSN: 1323238X     EISSN: 2573573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1323238X.1997.11910981     Document Type: Article

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