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Explaining Collective Occupations from a Human Relations Perspective: Bridging the Individual-Collective Dichotomy

, PhD, MSc, BSc(OT) (Head of Division of Occupational Therapy and Associate Professor) & , PhD Candidate, BSc(OT), BA(Ed) (visiting lecturer/scholar in occupational therapy)

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