The importance of counselor disability status: What we know and what we need to know

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 96-115

  Strohmer, Douglas C ^a   Leierer, Stephen J ^a   Cochran, Nicole A ^b   Arokiasamy, Charles V ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LSU Medical Center ^*

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EID: 0030375807     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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