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Post-traumatic growth in acquired brain injury: A preliminary small scale study

Joanna Collicutt McGrath Oxford Centre for Enablement, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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P. Alex Linley University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Pages 767-773 | Received 24 May 2005, Accepted 11 Jan 2006, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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