Process narratives, grey boxes, and discourse frameworks: Cognition, interaction, and constraint in understanding genetics and medicine

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-447

  Saferstein, Barry ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Classroom interaction; Collective cognition; Constraint satisfaction; Explanations; Genetics; Grey box; Health communication; Medical interaction; Process narrative; Understandings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548268200     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431007080704     Document Type: Article

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