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The Rights of the Mental Patient Under Israeli Law

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Psychiatry — Law and Ethics

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

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Abstract

The current Israeli legislation on the treatment of the mentally ill was passed in 1955 [1] and has been amended several times (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978) [2–6]. Likewise, a number of regulations have been added in the course of the years (1957, 1959,1972,1977) [7–11].

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  1. The Israeli Mental Health Act (1955) Law Book 187:121

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  2. Law Book 662:126 (1972)

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  1. A. Levy
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  2. S. Davidson
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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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Levy, A., Davidson, S. (1986). The Rights of the Mental Patient Under Israeli Law. 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_14

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