A critique of current practice: Ten foundational guidelines for autoethnographers

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1599-1610

  Tolich, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ethics; ethnography; moral perspectives; photography; photovoice; qualitative; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 78650150396     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310376076     Document Type: Article

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