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Defining Moment: Healing the Little Brain

Defining Moment: Healing the Little Brain

Update: 2025-04-29
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Elizabeth Pimentel, PT, MA, recalls a memorable patient and her struggles to make peace with the patient’s untimely death. Access the article on the APTA Magazine webpage for photos and to learn more about this episode’s speaker.

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