Postabortion research: Methodological and ethical issues

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-587

  Hess, Rosanna F ^a,b  

^a MALONE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research for Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Ethics; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, LEGAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33645699852     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305281334     Document Type: Article

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