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Mar 2014
20m 10s

Suicide Assessment

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Professor Hawton is a world leading expert in suicide research. He has written books on the subject and has contributed to UK policy in this area. He speaks to Dr Daniel Maughan about this controversial area of psychiatric research. Kindly Produced by Mr Wayne Davies. 
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