Breaking bad news: communication around parental multiple sclerosis with children

Families, Systems & Health, March, 2009 by Elena Paliokosta, Stavroula Diareme, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Emmanuel Tsalamanios, Spyros Ferentinos, Sofia Anasontzi, Eirini Lympinaki, Alkis Tsiantis, John Tsiantis, Clementine Karageorgiou, George Romer

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