The clinical reality of implementing formal risk assessment and management measures within high secure forensic care

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Vojt, Gabriele ^a   Slesser, Morag ^b   Marshall, Lisa ^c   Thomson, Lindsay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80455131249     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.010149     Document Type: Article

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