Abductive reasoning and clinical assessment

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Ward, Tony ^a   Haig, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0031172936     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069708257360     Document Type: Article

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