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Research Article

Old long-stay psychiatric in-patients in Ontario, Canada

GARY J. GERBER HUGH G. LAFAVE Brockville Psychiatric Hospital, Brockville, Ontario, Canada & Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pages 519-525 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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