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Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: values and practice issues
- Correspondence to Dr M Cleary, Research Unit, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia; michelle.cleary{at}email.cs.nsw.gov.au
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Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: values and practice issues
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- Received October 12, 2008
- Revised March 29, 2009
- Accepted May 15, 2009
- First published September 30, 2009.
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April 27, 2016
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