Does Blame Impede Health Recovery After Transport Accidents?

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-87

  Elbers, Nieke A ^a   Collie, Alex ^b   Akkermans, Arno J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blame; Compensation processes; Health care; Injury; Physiotherapist; Psychologist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925483805     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-015-9215-5     Document Type: Article

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