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Persons with acquired brain injury: a disabled diaspora

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Conor O'Neill
Affiliation:
Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland
Mark Delargy
Affiliation:
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
Clare McInerney
Affiliation:
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
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