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The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995

A clinical analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Nigel Eastman
Nigel Eastman*
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St George's Hospital Medical School, London SWI7 ORE
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 170 , Issue 6 , June 1997 , pp. 492 - 496
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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