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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*
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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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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