The stigma of epilepsy: Implications for clinical management

Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 126-135

  Baker, Gus A ^a   Jacoby, Ann ^b  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009086711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203995501-21     Document Type: Chapter

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