One hundred dollars and a dead man: Ethical decision making in ethnographic fieldwork

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-409

  Vanderstaay, Steven L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Ethnography; Research dilemmas; Vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444434790     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605275478     Document Type: Review

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