Representing Our Own Experience: Issues in "Insider" Research

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-255

  Wilkinson, Sue ^a   Kitzinger, Celia ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878048573     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313483111     Document Type: Review

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