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I wish to express my great debt to Dr. James E. Groves in discussion with whom the ideas expressed in this paper first emerged.
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White, S.L. Family dinner time: A focus for life space diagrams. Clin Soc Work J 4, 93–101 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02142611
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