Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 388-390 , August 2008

The organization of psychiatric services

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PII: S1357-3039(08)00154-0

doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2008.05.012

Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 388-390 , August 2008