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The stigma and the enigma of ECT

✍ Scribed by David Wilkinson; Janet Daoud

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 63 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(1998120)13:12<833::aid-gps884>3.0.co;2-r

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