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Mental health care failure in England

Myth and reality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Burns  and
Stefan Priebe
Tom Burns*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
Stefan Priebe
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine, Academic Unit, East Ham Memorial Hospital, London
*
Professor Tom Burns, Department of Psychiatry, Jenner Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, and Pathfinder NHS Trust. Tel: 0181 725 5542; Fax: 0181 725 3538
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 174 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 191 - 192
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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