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Clinical decisions about patients

Management within multidisciplinary clinical teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. J. Cockburn
J. J. Cockburn*
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Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
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The structure of mental illness services is changing rapidly. Large hospitals are closing or preparing to close and the service will be provided in other ways, partly by smaller units, partly by increased care in the community outside hospital and partly by amalgamations of two or more large hospitals. Smaller units allow closer working relationships with GPs, social workers and other professionals.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , March 1989 , pp. 130 - 134
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