Family therapy and systemic practice with older people: Where are we now?

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-64

  Curtis, Elizabeth Anne ^a   Dixon, Marion Shirley ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Clevedon Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13444280382     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2005.00298.x     Document Type: Review

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