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The rights of persons with mental disabilities: is the UN Convention the answer? An Arab perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nasser Loza  and
Mostafa Hussein Omar
Nasser Loza
Affiliation:
The Behman Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, email n.loza@behman.com
Mostafa Hussein Omar
Affiliation:
The Behman Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, email m.omar@behman.com
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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 53 - 55
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