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Scientific attitude to ‘difficult’ patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

R. Nathan*
Affiliation:
Mersey Forensic Psychiatry Service, Scott Clinic, Rainhill Road, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 5DR
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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