Creating connections to life during life-threatening illness: Creative activity experienced by elderly people and occupational therapists
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1103-8128,1651-2014
DOI: 10.1080/11038120510030889