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100			_aGostin, Lawrence O.,
245		0	_aInternational Human Rights Law and Mental Disability. _cLawrence O. Gostin.
260			_bHastings Center Report, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 31, _pHealth, _x1522-323X;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: International Human Rights Law and Mental Disability, March/April 2004; pp. 11-12.
520			_a"Human rights are not a panacea for persons with mental disabilities....Nevertheless, focusing attention on the rights of this group is vitally important. Governments have treated persons with mental disabilities horribly throughout history and into the present, and perhaps the movement for human rights will succeed in lifting persons with mental disabilities from their historically inferior status." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) This article discusses the lack of attention government has given to the rights and needs of the mentally disabled and presents initiatives, such as a new project at the World Health Organization, which advocate for the rights of the mentally disabled at an international level.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aCivil rights
650			_aHuman rights _xInternational aspects
650			_aHuman rights _xLaw and legislation
650			_aInternational law
650			_aMental health
650			_aMental health laws
650			_aPeople with mental disabilities
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pHealth. _x1522-323X;
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