An examination of the Dutch health care inspectorate's supervision system for suicides of mental health care users

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Huisman, Annemiek ^a   Robben, Paul B M ^b   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Healthcare Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58149504173     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.1.80     Document Type: Article

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