Dialectical tensions in families experiencing acute health issues: Stroke survivors’ perceptions

The Family Communication Sourcebook

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 469-490

  Pawlowski, Donna R ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452233024.n25     Document Type: Chapter

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