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‘An all-consuming cumulonimbus of pain’: a scoping review exploring the impact of ambiguous loss when someone is missing and the counselling interventions relevant to the experience

Dr Sarah WaylandLecturer, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, [email protected]View further author information
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Myfanwy MapleProfessor in Social Work, School of Health, University of New England, [email protected]ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-4886View further author information
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Pages 21-29 | Published online: 30 Mar 2020

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