The Life Expectation of Mentally Subnormal Patients in Hospital

W. Alan Heaton-Ward

doi:10.1192/bjp.114.517.1591

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The life expectation of even the most severely subnormal patients in hospital with IQs below 25, has risen dramatically since the beginning of the century. This paper reports the results of a survey carried out by the author into the expectation of life of patients with IQs up to 50 in the Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol.

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