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Is there a case for single sex wards?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Claire Henderson  and
Adrianne Reveley
Adrianne Reveley*
Affiliation:
National Psychosis Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BL
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∗Correspondence
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1996 , pp. 513 - 515
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