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The Life Expectation of Mentally Subnormal Patients in Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. Alan Heaton-Ward
W. Alan Heaton-Ward*
Affiliation:
Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol
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The life expectation of even the most severely subnormal patients in hospital with IQs below 25, has risen dramatically since the beginning of the century. This paper reports the results of a survey carried out by the author into the expectation of life of patients with IQs up to 50 in the Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 517 , December 1968 , pp. 1591 - 1592
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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