Communicative Rationality in the Clinic? Exploring the Parental Role in the Management of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux in Children

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-125

  Hodge, Suzanne ^a   Perkins, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Habermas; Theory of communicative action

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143975     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700093     Document Type: Article

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