Any added value? Co-constructing life stories of and with people with intellectual disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Koenig, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Added value of shared analysis; Constructivist grounded theory; Inclusive research; Involvement in data analysis; Reference group; Theoretical sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865361258     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2011.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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