Going in strong: Confrontive coping by staff

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 609-614

  Whittington, Richard ^a   Wykes, Til ^b  

^a Department of Health and Community Studies Chester College ^*  (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040954928     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189408410854     Document Type: Article

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