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Community care of the elderly: some problems viewed from one inner city area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Melanie Abas  and
Marisa Silverman
Melanie Abas*
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age, Institute of Psychiatry, London; and Marisa Silverman, Consultant Psychiatrist, Bethlem
Marisa Silverman
Affiliation:
Bethlem & Maudsley NHS Trust, London
*
∗Correspondence: Dr M. Abas, Section of Old Age, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 169 - 171
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