Australian Occupational Therapy Students: Attitudes towards and Knowledge about Psychiatry

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Gilbert, Jillian ^a   Strong, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0002010385     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802269706000105     Document Type: Article

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