Domiciliary phlebotomy for elderly people with mental illness
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1 Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. © Copyright 2012, Canadian Psychiatric Association. This document may not be reproduced without written permission of the CPA. Members’ comments are welcome. Please address all comments and feedbac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.4.120