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‘Patient death really changes your emotional make-up’: the effects of patient death and dying on speech therapists’ and audiologists’ practice and well-being

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Pages 179-186 | Received 09 Feb 2021, Accepted 19 Jan 2022, Published online: 11 Feb 2022

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