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Mental Capacity, Human Rights, and the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Brendan D. Kelly
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2021, 49 (2) 152-156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210025-21
Brendan D. Kelly
Dr. Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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vol. 49 no. 2 152-156
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210025-21
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34131056

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online June 15, 2021.

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  1. Brendan D. Kelly, MD, PhD
  1. Dr. Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
  1. Address correspondence to: Brendan D. Kelly, MD, PhD. E-mail: brendan.kelly{at}tcd.ie.

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