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This briefing offers communication strategy and ethical influence guidance. It does not replace legal, therapeutic, or organizational advice. Influence must respect the autonomy of the person receiving it. Pages describe research and practice in general terms. Your situation, your relationships and the law where you live may call for something different, and you are responsible for what you decide to say and do.

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