Banning conversion “therapy” in Canada: the expanding role of forensic psychiatry in advocacy training

Mitesh Patel; Jessyca Greenwood; Samuel Wier; Deborah Goodman

doi:10.36834/cmej.75477

Banning conversion “therapy” in Canada: the expanding role of forensic psychiatry in advocacy training

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Mitesh Patel University of Toronto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-0577
Jessyca Greenwood Spring Law
Samuel Wier University of Toronto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-8107
Deborah Goodman University of Toronto

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2022-07-11

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Patel M, Greenwood J, Wier S, Goodman D. Banning conversion “therapy” in Canada: the expanding role of forensic psychiatry in advocacy training . Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 11 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];13(6):106-7. Available from: https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/75477

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Vol. 13 No. 6 (2022)

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