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Box MSS 81-9e, Box 5

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Contains 2 Results:

SHRC: Revision of Regulations to Assure the Rights of Patients and Residents, 1982

 File — Box: MSS 81-9e, Box 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: The two major groups of documents concern the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), chaired by Richard Bonnie from 1979-1985, and the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The SHRC files document work to protect the rights of the mentally ill in Virginia's public institutions, and the APA files, the position of that organization relating to the rights of individuals, especially the mentally ill. Researchers must obtain Bonnie's permission to see the confidential SHRC files. Other files...
Dates: 1982