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Coercion in psychiatry: is it right to involuntarily treat inpatients with capacity?
- Correspondence to Mr Harry Hudson, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK; hh17595{at}bristol.ac.uk
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Coercion in psychiatry: is it right to involuntarily treat inpatients with capacity?
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- Received January 10, 2019
- Revised June 19, 2019
- Accepted June 28, 2019
- First published August 14, 2019.
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October 25, 2019
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