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Rybarczyk, B., Behel, J. (2008). Limb Loss and Body Image. In: Gallagher, P., Desmond, D., MacLachlan, M. (eds) Psychoprosthetics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-980-4_3
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