Doing qualitative research on suicide in a developing country: Practical and ethical challenges

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Mugisha, James ^a   Knizek, Birthe Loa ^a   Kinyanda, Eugene ^b   Hjelmeland, Heidi ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

A developing country; Challenges; Qualitative; Suicide research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; SUICIDE; UGANDA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; UGANDA;

EID: 79952600187     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000047     Document Type: Article

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