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Patient Satisfaction in Mental Health Care: Evaluating an Evaluative Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian Williams  and
Greg Wilkinson
Brian Williams
Affiliation:
Research Officer in Medical Sociology, Academic Sub-Department of Psychological Medicine, North Wales Hospital; Greg Wilkinson, frcpsych, Professor of Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Greg Wilkinson*
Affiliation:
Research Officer in Medical Sociology, Academic Sub-Department of Psychological Medicine, North Wales Hospital; Greg Wilkinson, frcpsych, Professor of Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
*
Brian Williams, Academic Sub-Department of Psychological Medicine, North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 166 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 559 - 562
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995 

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