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From family ‘burden’ to caregiving

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George Szmukler
George Szmukler*
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Bethlem & Maudsley NHS Trust, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 449 - 451
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