Sexual abuse, counselling and compensation: Discourses in New Zealand newspapers

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-47

  Frewin, Karen ^a,b   Pond, Rachael ^b   Tuffin, Keith ^b  

^a Lifeline Ipswich and West Moreton   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Government legislation; Media; Policy; Post structuralism; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849110734     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353508098618     Document Type: Article

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