Double vision uncertainty: The bilingual researcher and the ethics of cross-language research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-538

  Shklarov, Svetlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingual researcher; Cross language research; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ALBERTA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 34147143991     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306298263     Document Type: Article

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