The Challenge of Individual Rights Mental Health Review Tribunals
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Mental health review tribunals.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.166.4.417