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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

“Alive Day is the Day”: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Learned Helplessness in Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients

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Pages 231-245 | Received 12 Dec 2022, Accepted 11 Feb 2023, Published online: 15 Feb 2023

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