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Psychiatric aspects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Dan J. Stein
Dan J. Stein*
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 455 - 457
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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