Applying the 'experience-near' principle to research: Psychoanalytically informed methods

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-474

  Hollway, Wendy ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodied affect; Experience near; Intergenerational identification; Objectivity; Pace; Psycho social research; Psychoanalytically informed methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549117134     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: 14653885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02650530903375025     Document Type: Article

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