Psychiatric advance directives: challenges of implementation

R Thara1, T C Rameshkumar

  • 1Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), R-7A North Main Road, Anna Nagar West (Extn), Chennai 600 101 Tamil Nadu, India. thara@scarfindia.org

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