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The right to education throughout the life course, advances, and challenges: contribution of WPA-SOAP and IPA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2023

Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima*
Affiliation:
World Psychiatric Association Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Centre Médical du Jorat, Mézières, Switzerland
Liat Ayalon
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Debanjan Banerjee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Apollo Gleneagles Multispecialty Hospitals, Kolkata, India
Carmelle Peisah
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Capacity Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Kiran Rabheru
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

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Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2023

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