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[Legal framework of psychiatric hospitalization in Buenos Aires regarding laws 22914 and 448]
1Hospital "J. T. Borda", Buenos Aires, Argentina. jmmartinezferretti@yahoo.com.ar
Abstract:
Hospitalization is today the last resort in mental health treatment. Specific laws protect individual freedom, a constitutional right. Two different laws (local and federal) are of application in Buenos Aires, yielding issues for discussion.
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