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Malcolm R. Garland, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and the Department of Psychiatry, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland, UK. Tel: 00 353 1 8093354; fax: 00 353 1 8376982; e-mail: mgarland@ireland.com
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