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A new discharge summary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susan Smith  and
Carol Trotter
Carol Trotter
Affiliation:
Elderly Mental Health Division, St James' Hospital, Portsmouth PO14 8LD
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A good discharge summary is an important part of in-patient psychiatric care. It should provide a useful prècis of the admission in the hospital notes, and also provide the general practitioner with details needed for the immediate and longer term management of the patient after discharge.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 10 , October 1992 , pp. 607 - 608
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992
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