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Projection of alternatives to acute psychiatric beds: Review of an emerging service assessment method

Christopher Bartlett, John Holloway, Mark Evans, Glynn Harrison Division of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Pages 555-568 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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