Research using blogs for data: Public documents or private musings?

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Eastham, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Human subjects protection; Illness experiences; Internet research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD;

BLOGGING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIVACY;

EID: 79960117026     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20443     Document Type: Article

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