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Community psychiatry in the Sub-Arctic. Experiences with the shift from hospital-based to community-based psychiatric services in Northern Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Vidje Hansen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Terje Øiesvold
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Department, Regional Hospital of Nordland, Bod0, Norway
*
Address for correspondence: Associate professor V. Hansen, Psychiatric Department, University Hospital of Northern Norway, N- 9291 Tromsø (Norway). Fax: +47-77-627.806 E-mail: [email protected]
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