Interviewing with children in their homes: Putting ethical principles into practice and developing flexible techniques

Children's Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-251

  Bushin, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Ethics; Flexible; Homes; Interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950641616     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701445796     Document Type: Article

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