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Leadership in the mental health service: what role for doctors?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Reed
John Reed*
Affiliation:
Department of Health, Wellington House, 133–155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG
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Policy and practice in the cart of people with a mental Illness has been changing radically for many years. This article draws attention to the Important role doctors can play in Influencing the development of central policies and to the need for leadership, including leadership by doctors, in developing a mental health service for the next century.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 2: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , February 1995 , pp. 67 - 72
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