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SECTION 3: APPROACHES TO HELPING WITH END OF LIFE CHALLENGES

Death Does Not Become Us

The Absence of Death and Dying in Intellectual Disability Research

Pages 225-239 | Received 03 Apr 2001, Accepted 23 Jun 2001, Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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