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Adverse consequences of article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for persons with mental disabilities and an alternative way forward
- Correspondence to Dr Matthé Scholten, Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44799, Germany; matthe.scholten{at}rub.de
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Adverse consequences of article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for persons with mental disabilities and an alternative way forward
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- Received June 2, 2017
- Revised July 21, 2017
- Accepted September 24, 2017
- First published October 25, 2017.
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March 22, 2018
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