The Kempsey bus disaster: The effects on Australian community rescuers

When a Community Weeps: Case Studies in Group Survivorship

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 73-86

  Watts, Rod ^a   Wilson, Marise ^b  

^a Rehab Plus   (New Zealand)

^b Newcastle Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949570534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203778012-13     Document Type: Chapter

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