The problem of time in ethnographic health care research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-564

  Willis, Eileen M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A; Ethnography; General; Health care; Qualitative methods; Time

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; TIME;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952618703     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310361243     Document Type: Article

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