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Rehabilitation in Practice

Addressing the elephant in the room: integrating sexual health practice in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Charlie Giurleoa St. Joseph’s Health Care, Parkwood Institute, London, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-3569
ORCID Icon,
Amanda McIntyreb Parkwood Institute Research, Parkwood Institute, London, Canada
,
Anna Kras-Dupuisa St. Joseph’s Health Care, Parkwood Institute, London, Canada
&
Dalton L. Wolfeb Parkwood Institute Research, Parkwood Institute, London, Canada
Pages 3245-3252 | Received 30 Jun 2020, Accepted 24 Nov 2020, Published online: 11 Dec 2020

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