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Psychiatrists under stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susan M. Benbow*
Affiliation:
York House, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
David J. Jolley
Affiliation:
Penn Hospital, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV4 5HN
*
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