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CLINICAL CASE REFLECTIONS

Reading Notes on the Beginning Phase of the Treatment of a Religious Patient

A Commentary

Pages 13-29 | Received 19 Mar 2006, Accepted 29 Apr 2006, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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