Limits to the value of mental health review tribunals for offender patients: Suggestions for reform

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue FEB., 1999, Pages 164-169

  Taylor, Pamela J ^a   Goldberg, Emma ^a   Leese, Morven ^a   Butwell, Martin ^a   Reed, Alison ^a  

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ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033021277     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.2.164     Document Type: Article

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