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The nature and purpose of acute psychiatric wards: The tompkins acute ward study

Dr Len Bowers City UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Alan Simpson City University
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Jane Alexander City University
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Diane Hackney Independent User Consultant
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Henk Nijman City University and de Kijvelanden
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Angela Grange City University
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Jonathan Warren East London and the City Mental Health Trust, London, UK
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Pages 625-635 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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