'Do you know what I mean?': The use of a pluralistic narrative analysis approach in the interpretation of an interview

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-29

  Frost, Nollaig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Multi dimensional understanding; Narrative analysis; Pluralistic approaches; Qualitative research; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349101512     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794108094867     Document Type: Article

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