Interviewing people about potentially sensitive topics

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-16

  Elmir, Rakime ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Interviews; Lived experience; Qualitative research; Sensitive; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

EID: 84855415513     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2011.10.19.1.12.c8766     Document Type: Article

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