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Phone prompts to improve attendance at a new patient clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Adegboyega Osinowo ,
Thomas McEnteggart  and
MacDara McCauley
Adegboyega Osinowo
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee, Co Louth
Thomas McEnteggart
Affiliation:
Carrickmacross Day Centre, Co Monaghan
MacDara McCauley
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 218 - 219
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