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Review Article

A scoping review of the working alliance in acquired brain injury rehabilitation

Kellie StaggLa Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia; ;Living with Disability Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Correspondence[email protected]
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Jacinta DouglasLiving with Disability Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; ;Summer Foundation, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0940-6624
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Teresa IaconoLa Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia; ;Living with Disability Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7988-9951
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Pages 489-497 | Received 19 Jun 2017, Accepted 20 Oct 2017, Published online: 31 Oct 2017

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