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Volume 7, 2015 - Issue 3: Culture, Museums and Wellbeing
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‘Thinking outside the box, and making it too’: Piloting an Occupational Therapy Group at an Open-Air Museum

Michelle KindleysidesBeamish Museum, Durham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emma BiglandsSenior Occupational Therapist, Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham, UKView further author information
Pages 271-278 | Received 20 Mar 2015, Accepted 09 Jun 2015, Published online: 21 Aug 2015

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