Focus group research: The role of cacophony in dialogical democracy

Group Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-139

  Winship, Gary ^a   Repper, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cacophony; Dialogical democracy; Focus group; Focus group research; Group conversation

Indexed keywords

CONVERSATION; GROUP THERAPY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33947393166     PISSN: 05333164     EISSN: 1461717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0533316407076126     Document Type: Review

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