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Fauerbach, J.A., Bresnick, M.G., Smith, M.T. (2007). Coping with Burn Injury: Research Summary and a New Model of~the~Influence of Coping on Psychological Complications. In: Martz, E., Livneh, H. (eds) Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48670-3_9

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