Australian and Canadian mental health Acts compared

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1126-1131

  Gray, John Ellery ^a   McSherry, Bernadette Maree ^b   O'Reilly, Richard L ^a   Weller, Penelope June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

human rights; legislation; mental health Acts; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH ACT; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT RIGHT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT RIGHTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 78449277745     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.520009     Document Type: Article

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