Old age psychiatrists' views on the use of ECT
โ Scribed by Susan Mary Benbow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 448 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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