Expanding the notion of researcher distress: The cumulative effects of coding

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 830-838

  Woodby, Lesa L ^a   Williams, Beverly Rosa ^a   Wittich, Angelina R ^a   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coding; data collection and management; distress; emotion work; emotions; end of life issues; qualitative; research; risk; stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CLINICAL CODING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955580402     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311402095     Document Type: Article

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