Cooperation or co-optation? Assessing the methodological benefits and barriers involved in conducting qualitative research through medical institutional settings

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 686-697

  Parnis, Deborah ^a   Du Mont, Janice ^b   Gombay, Brydon ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminist methodology; Medicolegal evidence; Rape; Sexual assault evidence kit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL CRIME; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMINISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CANADA; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATERNALISM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 21744455762     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304271832     Document Type: Article

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