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The value of advocacy: putting ethics into practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip F. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Department of Social & Economic Studies, University of Bradford, Richmond Building, Richmond Street, Bradford BD7 6DP, UK
Patrick Bracken
Affiliation:
Department of Social & Economic Studies, University of Bradford, Richmond Building, Richmond Street, Bradford BD7 6DP, UK
*
Correspondence
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

See invited commentary p. 330, this issue.

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