Negotiated interactive observation: Doing fieldwork in hospital settings

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Wind, Gitte ^a  

^a VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Negotiated interactive observation; Participant observation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD WORK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 46449088530     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470802127098     Document Type: Article

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