Apples and oranges: Ethnography and the IRB

Qualitative Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 729-747

  Librett, Mitch ^a   Perrone, Dina ^b  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethical review; ethnography; human subjects; institutional review; IRB; mission creep; oversight; protection; qualitative research; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650249478     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794110380548     Document Type: Article

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