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Diogenes syndrome by proxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Denis O'Mahony
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Geratology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HE
J. Grimley Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Geratology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HE
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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