'Going deep' and 'giving back': Strategies for exceeding ethical expectations when researching amongst vulnerable youth

Qualitative Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-68

  Swartz, Sharlene ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

emancipatory research; ethnography; morality; poverty; qualitative research; research ethics; vulnerable youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951686430     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794110385885     Document Type: Article

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