Narrating significant experience: Reflective accounts and the production of (self) knowledge

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-206

  Taylor, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Narrative; Qualitative methods of analysis; Reflective practice; Rhetorical devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644984900     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch269     Document Type: Article

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