Collecting sensitive data: The impact on researchers

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-434

  Johnson, Barbara ^a   Clarke, Jill Macleod ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Health

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Health and illness; Interviewing; Sensitive issues; Sensitive research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIELD WORK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0037840524     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732302250340     Document Type: Article

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