Evaluation of a stroke family care worker: results of a randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMJ on April 12, 1997

Authors

M Dennis1, S O'Rourke, J Slattery, T Staniforth, C Warlow

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital.

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