The ambiguity of the child's 'voice' in social research

Childhood

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-28

  Komulainen, Sirkka ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Voice'; Ambiguity; Childhood; Communication; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847072264     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568207068561     Document Type: Article

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