"You're out of Your Mind!": Humor as a Face-Saving Strategy during Neuropsychological Examinations

Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-372

  Saunders, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0010860671     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1004_4     Document Type: Article

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