Men, sport, spinal cord injury and the construction of coherence: Narrative practice in action

Qualitative Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-171

  Smith, Brett ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coherence; men; narrative; spinal cord injury; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004482945     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146879410200200202     Document Type: Article

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