Is Psychoanalysis “Our Science“? Reflections on the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0003-0651,1941-2460
DOI: 10.1177/000306517001800106