China's National Mental Health Law: a 26-year work in progress

Lancet. 2012 Mar 3;379(9818):780-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61704-2.

Authors

Yu-Tao Xiang¹, Xin Yu, Gabor S Ungvari, Edwin H M Lee, Helen F K Chiu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 22386014
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61704-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

China
Commitment of Mentally Ill / legislation & jurisprudence*
Commitment of Mentally Ill / standards
Commitment of Mentally Ill / trends
Health Policy* / legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy* / trends
Hospitals, Psychiatric* / legislation & jurisprudence
Hospitals, Psychiatric* / standards
Hospitals, Psychiatric* / trends
Human Rights Abuses* / legislation & jurisprudence
Human Rights Abuses* / trends
Humans
Legislation, Medical* / standards
Legislation, Medical* / trends
Mental Health*
Patient Discharge
Third-Party Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*