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Too many patients; too few psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Storer*
Affiliation:
General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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