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Violence on an acute ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ajit Shah*
Affiliation:
Section of Epidemiology and General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992 

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