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ECT – Irish national studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Tom J Fahy
Tom J Fahy*
Affiliation:
National University of Ireland, Galway. Email: tafahy@iol.ie
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 48
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