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2 - Raising American Standards in the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness

Wyatt v. Stickney (1972)

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From Courtroom to Clinic
Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Treatment
, pp. 5 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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