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Psychiatric Research: Clear in Thought and Word

Recommendations for good prose style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neville W. Goodman*
Affiliation:
University Department of Anaesthesia, Medical School Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB
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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994 

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