Coping with multiple sclerosis: Considerations and interventions

Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability: Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 289-311

  McNulty, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-48670-3_14     Document Type: Chapter

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