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Community treatment: a civil solution?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Harry Kennedy*
Affiliation:
Camlet Lodge Secure Unit, Chase Farm Hospital Enfield EN2 8JL, University College London and Royal Free Hospital Medical School
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