Outcome of high security patients admitted to a medium secure unit: The Edenfield centre study

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Blattner, Regine ^a   Dolan, Mairead ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 73249129204     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.49.4.247     Document Type: Article

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