Narration and legitimation: The case of in vitro fertilization

Discourse and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-215

  Seguin, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discursive circulation; Discursive creature; Discursive functioning; Political discourse; Politics; Public object of science; Science; Scientific discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035586799     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926501012002004     Document Type: Article

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