Addressing ethical and methodological challenges in research with refugee-background young people: Reflections from the field

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-87

  Block, Karen ^a   Warr, Deborah ^a   Gibbs, Lisa ^a   Riggs, Elisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Ethics; Informed consent; Methodology; Reflexivity; Refugee settlement; Social networks; Vulnerable youth

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; REFUGEE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875031856     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fes002     Document Type: Article

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