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World summit ends in disappointment

BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0210361 (Published 01 October 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:0210361
  1. Mirza Muminovic1
  1. 1BMJ

The World Psychiatric Association intends to investigate charges that psychiatric hospitals in China are being used to silence political and religious dissidents. A team of experts from the association hopes to visit China and report back by May 2003.

The decision was taken during the association's recent triennial world congress in Yokohama after psychiatrists …

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