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Milieu and Mutilation – a Case for ‘Special’ Treatment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Emmet P. Larkin
Emmet P. Larkin*
Affiliation:
Rampton Hospital, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 0PD
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Abstract

Special hospitals are principally concerned with the treatment of patients of dangerous, violent or criminal propensities referred from the courts and prisons. However, patients can be transferred from local NHS hospitals. The case of one such patient illustrates the potential benefits of such a transfer, even for patients who are not of immediate danger to others.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 116 - 119
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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