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A Behaviour Medicine Approach to Epilepsy - Time for a Paradigm Shift?

JoAnne C. Dahl University of GävleDepartment of Caring Science and Social Care, Gävle, S-801 76, Sweden
Pages 97-114 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010

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