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Can a Biomedical Approach to Psychiatric Practice Be Justified?

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  1. Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust, UK

    Duncan B. Double (Consultant Psychiatrist)

  2. University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

    Duncan B. Double (Consultant Psychiatrist)

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Double, D.B. Can a Biomedical Approach to Psychiatric Practice Be Justified?. Journal of Child and Family Studies 12, 379–384 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026073405435

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