The use of section 136 (Mental Health Act 1983) in gloucestershire

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Laidlaw, J ^a   Pugh, D ^b   Riley, G ^a   Hovey, N ^b  

^a Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act Implementation Manager   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RACE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951935870     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2009.009017     Document Type: Article

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