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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
The danger of dangerousness: why we must remove the dangerousness criterion from our mental health acts
- Dr M M Large, Mental Health Service, St Vincent's Hospitai, 399 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia, mmbl{at}bigpond.com
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The danger of dangerousness: why we must remove the dangerousness criterion from our mental health acts
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- Received March 10, 2008
- Revised March 10, 2008
- Accepted July 2, 2008
- First published November 28, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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