[Ethnography of individuals in psychological distress]

Bernadete Maria Dalmolin1, Maria da Penha Vasconcellos

  • 1Curso de Enfermagem, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil. berna@upf.br

Revista De Saude Publica
|January 18, 2008
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