Focus groups in feminist research: Power, interaction, and the co-construction of meaning

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-125

  Wilkinson, Sue ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000331306     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(97)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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