Multiple paths to just ends: Using narrative interviews and timelines to explore health equity and homelessness

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-151

  Patterson, Michelle L ^a   Markey, Melinda A ^a   Somers, Julian M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health equity; Homelessness; Narrative interviews; Timelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883784018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/160940691201100202     Document Type: Article

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