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Improved Hospital Environment on Behaviour Patterns of Mentally Handicapped Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Max Hamilton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leeds
F. E. James
Affiliation:
Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 35P
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1977 

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