The perils of power in interpretive research

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-48

  Cohn, Ellen S ^a   Lyons, Kathleen Doyle ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Qualitative method; Research

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; MALE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 0037264595     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.1.40     Document Type: Article

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