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Sorting out the confusion in psychiatric day care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Frank Holloway*
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital Denmark Hill, London SE5
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984

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