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Implementing the Mental Health Act 2001: What should be done? What can be done?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Kathleen Ganter ,
Ian Daly  and
John Owens
Kathleen Ganter
Affiliation:
Irish College of Psychiatrists
Ian Daly
Affiliation:
Irish Psychiatric Association
John Owens
Affiliation:
Mental Health Commission
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 79 - 82
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