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Child psychiatry and the law: when assessment threatens treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Barry Jones*
Affiliation:
The Cassel Hospital, 1 Ham Common, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 7JF, email: [email protected]
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2006

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