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Letter to the Editor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

Elizabeth Cummings*
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar, South Meath Mental Health Services (Email: liz.cummings@yahoo.com)

Abstract

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Correpondence
Copyright
Copyright © College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 2013 

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