The 'inseparable bond between cure and research': Clinical case study as a method of psychoanalytic inquiry

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-147

  Midgley, Nick ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clinical research; Psychoanalytic research; Qualitative and quantitative methods; Single case studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

EID: 33745937889     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: 14699370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00754170600780273     Document Type: Article

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