Aloneness and loneliness – persons with severe mental illness and experiences of being alone
By: Gunnel Andersson, Anne Denhov, Per Bülow and Alain Topor
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2014.941927 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 353 - 365
Submitted on: Jan 27, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 6, 2014
Published on: Aug 4, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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