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Original Article

Occupational therapists’ perception of the concept of occupational balance

Farzaneh YazdaniOccupational Therapy Program, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Alia HarbOccupational Therapy Program, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine;
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Mehdi RassafianiOccupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait; ;Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
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Laya NobakhtDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Azad University, Tehran, Iran;
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Nastaran YazdaniDepartment of Linguistic, Al Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
Pages 288-297 | Received 03 Nov 2015, Accepted 28 Apr 2017, Published online: 10 May 2017

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