Corrigendum to ‘Fluctuating capacity and advance decision-making in Bipolar Affective Disorder — Self-binding directives and self-determination’ [Int J Law Psychiatry. (2015) 92–101]
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Corrigendum to ‘Fluctuating capacity and advance decision-making in Bipolar Affective Disorder — Self-binding directives and self-determination’ [Int J Law Psychiatry. (2015) 92–101] Tania Gergel⁎, Gareth S. Owen a Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology andNeuroscience, C/O Department of Classics, King's College London, Strand, LondonWC2R 2LS, UK b King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychological Medicine, UK
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