Coexisting in the real world: The problems, surprises and delights of being an ethnographer on a multidisciplinary research project

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-310

  Curtis, Ric ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Identity; Multidisciplinary research

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0036804504     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(02)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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