Mental capacity in the shadow of suicide: What can the law do?

International Journal of Law in Context

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-105

  Richardson, Genevra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878796406     PISSN: 17445523     EISSN: 17445531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174455231200050X     Document Type: Article

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