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Mental Health Act Review

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
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Agency: 
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Date: 
1991
Pages: 
21
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Summary: 
Describes the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities. Includes discussion of deinstitutionalization and community living; and a fair legislative framework for people with disabilities. Includes answers to specific questions asked as part of the mental health act review process in BC. Includes the Declaration on the Decade of Disabled Persons, signed by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Keywords: 
health; disability; people with disabilities; disability advocacy; Canadian Organization of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped; Disability Rights Movement; HIV/AIDS; deinstitutionalization; Mental Health Act; human rights; mental health; informed consent