Deciding to detain: The use of compulsory mental health law by UK social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 328-334

  Campbell, Jim ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73649107610     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp121     Document Type: Note

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