Is supervised community treatment ethically justifiable?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 271-274

  Dale, Eric ^a  

^a Bassetlaw District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; WALES;

EID: 77955905887     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.033720     Document Type: Article

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