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Informed Consent in a Japanese Psychiatric Institution: The Case of a Schizophrenic Patient's Quality of Life

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  1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, 020-8505, Japan

    Mie Kurosawa, Akio Sakai & Katsuya Takeuchi

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Kurosawa, M., Sakai, A. & Takeuchi, K. Informed Consent in a Japanese Psychiatric Institution: The Case of a Schizophrenic Patient's Quality of Life. HEC Forum 12, 367–377 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008953807482

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