After the accident: Survivors' perceptions of recovery following road trauma

Australian Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-174

  Harms, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Recovery; Road trauma; Survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055303927     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0748.2004.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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