Fieldwork in nursing research: Positionality, practicalities and predicaments

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-501

  Borbasi, Sally ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   Wilkes, Lesley ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Fieldwork; Interviewing; Nursing; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23944436382     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03523.x     Document Type: Review

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