Desperately seeking data: Methodological complications in researching 'hard to find' young people

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-148

  MacNab, Natasha ^a   Visser, John ^a   Daniels, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational provision; Emotionally vulnerable; Ethics; Mental health; Missing; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349021504     PISSN: 14713802     EISSN: 14713802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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