Affiliation:
1. Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University
Abstract
Richard Griffith, Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, considers the role of the nearest relative, a statutory friend, appointed for patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983
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