International human rights and mental disability law : when the silenced are heard / [electronic resource]
by Perlin, Michael L.
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BookSeries: American Psychology-Law Society series: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 339 p.).ISBN: 9780199914548 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Mental health laws | People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights | Insanity (Law)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems.
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Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems.
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