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Resilience in Emergency Medical Responders: A Pilot Study of a Reflective Journal Intervention Using a Mixed Methods Approach Cover

Resilience in Emergency Medical Responders: A Pilot Study of a Reflective Journal Intervention Using a Mixed Methods Approach

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|Jul 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.cw | Journal eISSN: 2222-6931
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 84
Published on: Jul 22, 2015
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 Gail Rowntree, Sarah Atayero, Melanie Diem O´Connell, Martina Hoffmann, Ashna Jassi, Vytautas Narusevicius, Dimosthenis Tsapekos, published by Ubiquity Press
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