The need for sexual assault centres in the United Kingdom.
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I am grateful for help from many people, especially Dr Margaret Agerholm, Heenan House Rehabilitation Centre, London; Dr K Andrews, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester; Miss Valerie Eaton Griffiths, Volunteer Stroke Scheme, Great Missenden; Drs R Langton Hewer and D Wade, Department of Neurology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol; Dr D G Jenkins, Wolfson Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London; Professor D L McLellan, Department of Rehabilitation, University of Southampton; Dr G P Mulley, Department of Medicine (Elderly), St James's University Hospital, Leeds; Dr Elizabeth Rushworth and Mrs Barbara Wilson, Rivermead Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford; Mr C Skilbeck, district psychological service, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne; Dr Annemarie Tupper and staff, Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, St Pancras Hospital, and Camden Road Medical Rehabilitation Centre, London; and Dr Marcia Wilkinson, formerly director of the Regional Neurological Unit, Eastern Hospital, London.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 290 6470 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985