Multilingual translation issues in qualitative research: Reflections on a metaphorical process

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 468-476

  Larkin, Philip J ^a,b   de Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^b   Schotsmans, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Culture; Metaphor; Palliative care; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL VALUE; EUROPE; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; METAPHOR; MULTILINGUALISM; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 34147187659     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307299258     Document Type: Article

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