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Sequential Stages of Parental Adjustment to the Birth of a Child with Handicaps: Fact or Artifact?.

Jan Blacher
- 01 Apr 1984 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 2, pp 55-68
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This article is published in Mental Retardation.The article was published on 1984-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 195 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Artifact (error).

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