Welcome to ruth's world: An autoethnography concerning the interview of an elderly woman

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-291

  Evans, Kevin D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Catalytic validity; Elderly woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947620042     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800406294935     Document Type: Article

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