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Clinical directors' position paper on suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Michael J Kelleher
Michael J Kelleher*
Affiliation:
St. Anne's Hospital and Clinic, Shanakiel, Cork
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 52 - 55
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