Reflexivity and Qualitative Family Research:: Insider's Perspectives in Bereaving the Loss of a Child

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 399-415

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a Central Virginia Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Child's death; Feminist research; Feminist theory; Qualitative research; Researchers' experience; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030327135     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v24n03_09     Document Type: Article

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