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Suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Rossiter*
Affiliation:
Tone Vale Hospital, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1DB
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In an attempt to discover what can be learnt from records kept on suicide victims, all data collected by one health district about suicides occurring in patients in close contact with psychiatric care over four years were examined.

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Audit in practice
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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