A critical appraisal of the draw and write technique

Health Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-398

  Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^a   McKie, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRAWING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITING;

CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0033026541     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/14.3.387     Document Type: Article

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