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Collaborative working between speech and language therapists and rehabilitation assistants: An exploratory qualitative study in an interprofessional Community Stroke Team in Northern Ireland/United Kingdom / Zusammenarbeit von Logopäd:innen und Rehabilitationsassistent*innen: Eine explorativ-qualitative Studie in einem interprofessionellen Community Stroke Team in Nordirland/Vereinigtes Königreich Cover

Collaborative working between speech and language therapists and rehabilitation assistants: An exploratory qualitative study in an interprofessional Community Stroke Team in Northern Ireland/United Kingdom / Zusammenarbeit von Logopäd:innen und Rehabilitationsassistent*innen: Eine explorativ-qualitative Studie in einem interprofessionellen Community Stroke Team in Nordirland/Vereinigtes Königreich

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|Jul 2025

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