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Chapter 26 - Models of Care

Nurses and Social Workers and Their Role in the Management of Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

from Section 5 - Treatment Considerations for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

By
Noreen C. Thompson  and
Patricia A. Gibson
Edited by
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr  and
Steven C. Schachter
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr
Affiliation:
Brown Medical School, Providence
Steven C. Schachter
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
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Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures , pp. 268 - 275
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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