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The family as an advocate for the mentally ill

✍ Scribed by Susan L. Jones

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 155 KB
Volume: 6
Category: Article
ISSN: 1532-8228
DOI: 10.1016/0883-9417(92)90024-d

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