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Navigating the role of clinician-researcher: Insights from a Constructivist Grounded Theory study in traumatic brain injury Cover

Navigating the role of clinician-researcher: Insights from a Constructivist Grounded Theory study in traumatic brain injury

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|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2021-008 | Journal eISSN: 2208-6781 | Journal ISSN: 1032-335X
Language: English
Page range: 6 - 17
Published on: Oct 17, 2022
Published by: Australasian Neuroscience Nurses Association
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