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Chapter 13 - Wellbeing and Recovery in the Emergency Services

How Do We Care for Those Who Care for Us?

from Section 2 - What Does a Wellbeing Orientation Mean in Mental Health Services?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

By
Kristen Hamling  and
Aaron Jarden
Edited by
Mike Slade ,
Lindsay Oades  and
Aaron Jarden
Mike Slade
Affiliation:
King's College London
Lindsay Oades
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Aaron Jarden
Affiliation:
Auckland University of Technology
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Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health , pp. 157 - 168
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