Living with the facts, negotiating the terms: Unrealistic beliefs, denial, and adjustment in the first year of acquired physical disability

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-381

  Elliott, Timothy R ^a,b   Richards, J Scott ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 33751371927     PISSN: 10811443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811449908409742     Document Type: Article

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