Managing patients with deliberate self harm who refuse treatment in accident and emergency departments

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7214, 1999, Pages 916-

  Hull, Alastair ^a   Haut, Fabian ^a   Feldman, Eleanor ^b   Bingley, William ^c   Hassan, Taj ^d   Macnamara, Aidan ^e   Bodiwala, Gautam ^f  

^a Royal Dundee Liff Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mental Health Act Commission   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007759966     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7214.916     Document Type: Letter

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