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. 2005 Oct;90(10):1053–1057. doi: 10.1136/adc.2004.070706

"Contact A Family": professionals and parents in partnership

S Davies 1, D Hall 1
PMCID: PMC1720107  PMID: 16177162

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 Stress and Coping Model, based on Lazarus and Folkman11 and Beresford10 (with permission of J Child Psychol Psychiatry).

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