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Multiple Pathology in a Mentally Handicapped Individual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. Akuffo ,
D. A. MacSweeney  and
A. K. Gajwani
E. Akuffo*
Affiliation:
Leytonstone House, High Road, Leytonstone, London E11, and Mental Handicap, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London
D. A. MacSweeney
Affiliation:
Mental Handicap, The London Hospital Medical College
A. K. Gajwani
Affiliation:
Leytonstone House
*
Correspondence
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Extract

A doctor is trained, perhaps over-trained, to try to limit his diagnosis to a single disease process or entity. This may lead on occasion to a somewhat blinkered approach to the management of patients. The following case illustrates multiple and concomitant pathology in a single individual.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 377 - 378
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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