A questionnaire examining structural and basic process characteristics of psychiatric practice was prepared by the RANZCP Quality Assurance Committee and circulated to all Fellows of the College in 1991. There were 830 replies (48%). A one in two sample of the replies was analysed and forms the basis of the descriptive report presented in this paper.
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