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Patients' ability to give consent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

L. M. Lovett*
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool L69 3BX
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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