Scientists in the swamp: Narrowing the language-practice gap in community psychology

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 239-252

  Hess, Jacob Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community psychology; Dialogue; Hermeneutics; Language; Practice; Science

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 18844377819     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-005-3403-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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