Why Do Women Harm Themselves? Surviving Special Hospitals

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 427-437

  Liebling, Helen ^a   Chipchase, Hazel ^b,c   Velangi, Rebecca ^b,d  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031475217     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353597073026     Document Type: Article

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