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Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation

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Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation. / Murray, Craig; Simpson, Jane; Eccles, Fiona et al.
In: Psychology, Health and Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2015, p. 71-76.

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Murray, C, Simpson, J, Eccles, F & Forshaw, MJ 2015, 'Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation', Psychology, Health and Medicine, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2014.901545

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Murray, C., Simpson, J., Eccles, F., & Forshaw, M. J. (2015). Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 20(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2014.901545

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Murray C, Simpson J, Eccles F, Forshaw MJ. Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 2015;20(1):71-76. Epub 2014 Mar 31. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2014.901545

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Murray, Craig ; Simpson, Jane ; Eccles, Fiona et al. / Involvement in rehabilitative care and wellbeing for partners of people with an amputation. In: Psychology, Health and Medicine. 2015 ; Vol. 20, No. 1. pp. 71-76.

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