Research on couples: Are feminist approaches useful?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Peters, Kathleen ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Rudge, Trudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Couples; Feminist research; Narrative; Nursing; Qualitative research; Reciprocity; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSES;

EID: 42449126548     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04558.x     Document Type: Article

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