Can poetry be data? Potential relationships between poetry and research

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-177

  Shapiro, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LUNG CANCER; PERSONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; WRITING;

EID: 3342955723     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.22.2.171     Document Type: Review

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