Factors contributing to the perceived quality of life of people with mental disorders

Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-100

  Dufort, Francine ^a   Dallaire, Louis ^a   Lavoie, Frangine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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