What I Never Wanted to Tell You: Therapeutic Letter Writing in Cultural Context

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-59

  Jolly, Margaretta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideology; Self; Therapeutic letter writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951938418     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-010-9127-z     Document Type: Article

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