Ethical and methodological issues in conducting research on gender-based violence in Southern Africa

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^b   Abrahams, Naeema ^b   Penn Kekana, Loveday ^b   García Moreno, Claudia ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Field work; Research methodology; Sensitive issues; South Africa; Violence against women; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034091442     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(00)90010-7     Document Type: Article

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