Being embedded: A way forward for ethnographic research

Ethnography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-416

  Lewis, Susan Jane ^a   Russell, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaborative research; embedded research; ethnography; immersion fieldwork; participant observation; public health; reflexive practitioners; reflexivity; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052621558     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138110393786     Document Type: Article

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