"Not As Bad As It Could Have Been": Assessing and Mitigating Harm during Research Interviews on Sensitive Topics

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-97

  Kavanaugh, Karen ^a   Ayres, Lioness ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b W Suburban Coll Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Interviewing; Sensitive research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEMORY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031989269     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199802)21:1<91::AID-NUR10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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