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Failed discharges from the psychogeriatric ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. M. Philpott
Affiliation:
Sir Douglas Crawford Unit, Mossley Hill Hospital, Park Avenue, Liverpool L18 8BU
D N. Anderson
Affiliation:
Sir Douglas Crawford Unit, Mossley Hill Hospital, Park Avenue, Liverpool L18 8BU
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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