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The Mental Health System in Crisis: Politics and Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2021

Barry R. Furrow
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Law, Medicine and Healthcare , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 76 - 79
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1984

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