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Long-Stay Beds for the Elderly Severely Mentally Ill: A discussion paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. Blessed
G. Blessed*
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University Department of Psychiatry, Brighton Clinic, Newcastle General Hospital
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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , June 1988 , pp. 250 - 252
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