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The task of treatment and the multidisciplinary team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Aris Ambelas*
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Westcotes House, Westcotes Drive, Leicester LE3 0QU
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Throughout society there is an increasing tendency to approach the various activities of human existence in a way which eschews blind acceptance, but requires instead thorough examination and analysis of the processes involved in those activities in the belief that the insight gained will improve performance. Treatment is a central activity of the Health Service, and this paper will attempt an analysis of the processes involved in it within the context of the clinical team delivering it.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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