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Hiday, V.A., Swartz, M.S., Swanson, J.W., Borum, R., Ryan Wagner, H. (2002). Coercion in Mental Health Care. In: Backlar, P., Cutler, D.L. (eds) Ethics in Community Mental Health Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47558-8_8

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