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Regarding the ‘difficult patient’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

D. Hartman
D. Hartman*
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Huntercombe Manor Hospital Huntercombe Lane South, Taplow, Berkshire SL6 0PQ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 2 , August 1999 , pp. 192
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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