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A Personal View: Psychiatrists—An Endangered Species?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Harrington
John Harrington*
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Central Birmingham Health District, Selwyn Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 0SH
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The Darwinian model is employed to study the phylogeny and taxonomy of psychiatrists in the UK. External hazards which could threaten psychiatric practice are examined and the part that psychiatrists themselves play in bringing about-their difficulties are emphasised. Ways of ensuring a more satisfactory and secure future for psychiatrists are explored.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 169 - 174
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988

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