Practicing the awareness of embodiment in qualitative health research: Methodological reflections

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1642-1650

  Sharma, Sonya ^a   Reimer Kirkham, Sheryl ^b,c   Cochrane, Marie ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Embodiment bodily experiences; Emotions; Feminism; Field methods; General; Qualitative methods; Race and racism; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; RELIGION; SOCIOLOGY;

AWARENESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 70449134351     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309350684     Document Type: Article

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