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Mental health law in Saudi Arabia
During the past 30 years the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has developed an extensive hospital-based mental health system culminating in the passing of a mental health law in 2014. This legislation embodies many of the international standards promoted by the World Health Organization. However, the mechani...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020922/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29953138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.10 |
| Sumario: | During the past 30 years the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has developed an extensive hospital-based mental health system culminating in the passing of a mental health law in 2014. This legislation embodies many of the international standards promoted by the World Health Organization. However, the mechanisms for protecting the human rights of psychiatric patients are neither sufficiently independent nor adequately robust. |
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