‘Lethal discrimination’, ideology and social justice

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2016 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 208, pages 399-399 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: George, Ikkos;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.4.399

pmid: 27036702

‘Lethal discrimination’, ideology and social justice

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Perhaps the journal risks accusations of hyperbole by adopting the slogan of ‘lethal discrimination’ in relation to the shockingly high standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of people with severe mental illness (SMI). Other serious illnesses (cancer, etc.) have high SMRs but to suggest that this

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Keywords

Social Justice, Mental Disorders, Humans, Social Discrimination, United Kingdom, United States

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