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Ethics in the Practice of Clinical Neuropsychology: Foundations and New Horizons

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Hanson, S.L., Kerkhoff, T.R. (2018). Ethics in the Practice of Clinical Neuropsychology: Foundations and New Horizons. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_666

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