Development of mental health law in Iran: work in progress

A brief account of the three stages of development of a new mental health law in Iran is given. At each stage, the expert opinions of mental health professionals and lawyers interested in the rights of psychiatric patients were obtained. The final draft of the law consists of six sections and 50 art...

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Autores principales: Esfahani, Mehdi Nasr, Mirsepassi, Gholamreza, Atef-Vahid, Mohammad-Kazem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093861
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spelling pubmed-56189272017-11-01 Development of mental health law in Iran: work in progress Esfahani, Mehdi Nasr Mirsepassi, Gholamreza Atef-Vahid, Mohammad-Kazem BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile A brief account of the three stages of development of a new mental health law in Iran is given. At each stage, the expert opinions of mental health professionals and lawyers interested in the rights of psychiatric patients were obtained. The final draft of the law consists of six sections and 50 articles. It has been submitted for ratification by Parliament. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618927/ /pubmed/29093861 Text en © 2015 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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