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Minister moves swiftly to allay mental health groups' 'fears over social control

2001-07-12T00:00:00

New health minister Jacqui Smith has offered hope to mental health groups concerned by the tenor of proposed law reforms by ruling out the use of preventive detention and promising to make sure compulsory powers are used with 'an emphasis on therapeutic intent'.

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