Does Dream Interpretation Have Any Limits? An Evaluation of Interpretations of the Dream of "Irma's Injection"

Dreaming

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-178

  Kramer, Milton ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreams; Interpretation; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034377051     PISSN: 10530797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009486324024     Document Type: Article

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