Assessment of the Perceived Need for a Psychiatric Service to a Magistrates' Court

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-164

  Evans, Jonathan ^a   Tomison, Arden ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Fromeside Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIMINAL LAW; ENGLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PRISONERS;

EID: 0031112055     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700212     Document Type: Article

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