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The Rights of a Psychiatric Patient in a Mental Hospital

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Part of the book series: Medicolegal Library ((MEDICOLEGAL,volume 5))

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This paper will examine the personal and civil rights of a patient following his being interned, possibly even against his will, in a closed psychiatric hospital.

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  1. R. R. Mayer
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. P.O.B. 6451, 31063, Haifa, Israel

    Amnon Carmi (Judge) (Judge)

  2. Summit Institute, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Michlala, Jerusalem Womens’s College, Yeshiva University, P.O.B. 7446, Jerusalem, Israel

    Stanley Schneider

  3. 9 Zinger Str., Kiriat Bialik, Israel

    Albert Hefez

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Mayer, R.R. (1986). The Rights of a Psychiatric Patient in a Mental Hospital. In: Carmi, A., Schneider, S., Hefez, A. (eds) Psychiatry — Law and Ethics. Medicolegal Library, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82574-3_10

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82574-3_10

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