Picture This... Safety, Dignity, and Voice-Ethical Research With Children: Practical Considerations for the Reflexive Researcher

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Phelan, Shanon K ^a,b   Kinsella, Elizabeth Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; ethics; reflexivity; research; visual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871735316     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800412462987     Document Type: Article

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