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Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice

By Norman Sartorius , Graham Thornicroft , Julio Arboleda-Florez , Hanfried Helmchen , Peter Bartlett , Felicity Callard , Heather Stuart , Jose Taborda

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
1119953545, 978-1-119-95354-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3541531 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
348\339
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

Description

This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This book documents the role that law can play, at all levels, in combating such discrimination and abuse

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