Internet access as a right for realizing the human right to adequate mental (and other) health care.
Human rights protect the conditions of a minimally decent life of which mental health is an indispensable element. Adequate care for mental health is thus recognized as part of the human right to health. However, for populations living far from urban centers, adequate in-person (mental) health care...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 97 - 104 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2020
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