Should children be seen and not heard? An examination of how children's interruptions are treated in family therapy

Discourse Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-566

  O'Reilly, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Disability; Discourse; Institutional talk; Interruptions; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746134371     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445606064835     Document Type: Review

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