Storymaking and storytelling: Making sense of living with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-51

  Wright St, Valerie ^a  

^a School of Occupational Therapy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interpretive research; Multiple sclerosis; Occupational lifeworld; Storymaking; Symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008848801     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2003.9686510     Document Type: Article

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