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Variations in psychiatric practice

Neither unacceptable nor unavoidable, only under-researched

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2018

Simon Gilbody  and
Allan House
Simon Gilbody*
Affiliation:
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
Allan House
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Leeds
*
Dr Simon Gilbody, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD. Tel: 01904 433634; Fax: 01904 433661; e-mail: [email protected]
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 303 - 305
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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