Ethical issues in interviewing as a research method in human geography

Australian Geographer

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-131

  Winchester, Hilary P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Interviews; Lone fathers; Newcastle (NSW); Qualitative methods; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345020077     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189608703161     Document Type: Article

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