“something is wrong with my child”: A phenomenological account of a search for a diagnosis

Early Education and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-201

  Ahern, Kathy ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 21044433551     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1102_4     Document Type: Article

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