Bracketing in qualitative research: Conceptual and practical matters

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 583-590

  Fischer, Constance T ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracketing; Hermeneutic interpretation; Qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77953154892     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300902798375     Document Type: Article

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