MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION: DOES IT PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS?
The International Federation of Social Work places a concern with human rights and social justice at the core of its definition of social work. Social work values are based on “respect for the equality, dignity and worth of all people” (IFSW, 2000), and social work practice has a special concern for...
Main Authors: | Barbara Simpson, Jennifer Chipps |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2012-03-01
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Series: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk |
Online Access: | https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/104 |
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