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The future of mental hospital sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. G. Priest
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
K. A. Day
Affiliation:
Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 3BP
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