John Pippard obituary

'I suspect that if you want to develop a therapeutic community it is desirable to be an optimist,' said John Pippard My father, John Pippard, who has died aged 93, was a consultant psychiatrist whose humane approach helped many patients and inspired a generation of trainee doctors.

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