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Aged and dangerous

Old-age forensic psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Graeme Yorston
Graeme Yorston*
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Udston Hospital, Farm Road, Hamilton ML3 9LA
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 174 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 193 - 195
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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