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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 31, 1997 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Intravenous Sedation of Involuntary Psychiatric Patients in New South Wales

Olav Nielssen Corrections Health Service, PO Box 150, Matraville, New South Wales, 2036, Australia
,
Neil Buhrich Central Sydney Area Health Service and School of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Robert Finlay-Jones School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pages 273-278 | Received 06 Mar 1996, Accepted 23 Nov 1996, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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