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Malignant Alienation

Dangers for patients who are hard to like

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Darryl Watts*
Affiliation:
Blackberry Hill Hospital, Bristol BS16 2EW
Gethin Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, 41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
*
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