Action research with sex workers: Dismantling barriers and building bridges

Action Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-384

  van der Meulen, Emily ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

action research; doctoral research; interviews; qualitative research; radical feminism; sex work

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255179771     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750311409767     Document Type: Article

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