Should psychiatrists read fiction?

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 385-387

  Beveridge, Allan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; PSYCHIATRY; READING;

EID: 0038028606     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.5.385     Document Type: Editorial

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