Step up to the bar: Avoiding discrimination in professional licensure

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 340-342

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MANIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANOIA; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; DISABLED PERSON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAWYER; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DISABLED PERSONS; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; LICENSURE; LOUISIANA; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926669612     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.660403     Document Type: Article

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